How To Install vlc-bin on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-bin on Kali Linux. vlc-bin is binaries from VLC

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-bin on Kali Linux.

What is vlc-bin

vlc-bin is:

VLC is the VideoLAN project’s media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.

This package contains the VLC’s binaries.

There are three methods to install vlc-bin 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 vlc-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vlc-bin

Install vlc-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vlc-bin

Install vlc-bin 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 vlc-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vlc-bin

How To Uninstall vlc-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vlc-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vlc-bin

Uninstall vlc-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-bin

Remove vlc-bin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-bin

Remove vlc-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-bin

Dependencies

vlc-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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