How To Install v4l2loopback-dkms on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install v4l2loopback-dkms on Kali Linux.

What is v4l2loopback-dkms

v4l2loopback-dkms is:

This module allows you to create “virtual video devices”. Normal (v4l2) applications will read these devices as if they were ordinary video devices, but the video will not be read from e.g. a capture card but instead it is generated by another application.

This package provides the source code for the v4l2loopback kernel modules to be built with dkms.

There are three methods to install v4l2loopback-dkms on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install v4l2loopback-dkms Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install v4l2loopback-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install v4l2loopback-dkms

Install v4l2loopback-dkms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install v4l2loopback-dkms using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install v4l2loopback-dkms

Install v4l2loopback-dkms Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install v4l2loopback-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install v4l2loopback-dkms

How To Uninstall v4l2loopback-dkms on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the v4l2loopback-dkms package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove v4l2loopback-dkms

Uninstall v4l2loopback-dkms And Its Dependencies

To uninstall v4l2loopback-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove v4l2loopback-dkms

Remove v4l2loopback-dkms Configurations and Data

To remove v4l2loopback-dkms configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge v4l2loopback-dkms

Remove v4l2loopback-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove v4l2loopback-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge v4l2loopback-dkms

Dependencies

v4l2loopback-dkms have the following dependencies:

• dkms

References

• v4l2loopback-dkms website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install v4l2loopback-dkms package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.