How To Install vlc-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vlc-data

vlc-data 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 HTTP interface files, and Lua scripts for VLC media player.

There are three methods to install vlc-data 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-data 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-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vlc-data

Install vlc-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vlc-data

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

sudo aptitude -y install vlc-data

How To Uninstall vlc-data on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vlc-data

Uninstall vlc-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-data

Remove vlc-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-data

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

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

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

Dependencies

vlc-data have the following dependencies:

References

• vlc-data website

Summary

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