How To Install vcdimager on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install vcdimager on Kali Linux. vcdimager is VideoCD (VCD) image mastering and ripping tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vcdimager on Kali Linux.

What is vcdimager

vcdimager is:

This package contains a collection of tools to master (Super)VideoCD, either directly from compliant MPEG streams with no PlayBack Control (PBC), or out of an XML description for a full-featured (S)VCD.

This package also contains a VideoCD ripping tool to rip mpeg streams from VideoCD images, and some debugging tools.

There are three methods to install vcdimager 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 vcdimager Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vcdimager

Install vcdimager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vcdimager using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vcdimager

Install vcdimager 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 vcdimager using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vcdimager

How To Uninstall vcdimager on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vcdimager package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vcdimager

Uninstall vcdimager And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vcdimager

Remove vcdimager Configurations and Data

To remove vcdimager configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vcdimager

Remove vcdimager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vcdimager

Dependencies

vcdimager have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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