How To Install videogen on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is videogen

videogen is:

Videogen is a small but nice utility to create modelines you can insert into your xorg.conf and fb.modes files.

Modeline is created by telling the program the resolution you want and your video hardware parameters (maximum video adapter bandwidth, maximum HCF and VCF of the monitor etc).

Note that for most modern installations, Xorg will handle its own modesetting automatically, and you don’t need videogen to generate any Modelines.

The tool ‘some_modes’ may help you to create some common modes fast.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install videogen

Install videogen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install videogen

Install videogen 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 videogen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install videogen

How To Uninstall videogen on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove videogen

Uninstall videogen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove videogen

Remove videogen Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge videogen

Remove videogen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge videogen

Dependencies

videogen have the following dependencies:

• bc
• libc6

References

• videogen website

Summary

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