How To Install vlc-plugin-access-extra on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-access-extra on Kali Linux. vlc-plugin-access-extra is multimedia player and streamer (extra access plugins)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-access-extra on Kali Linux.

What is vlc-plugin-access-extra

vlc-plugin-access-extra 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 additional access plugins.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-access-extra

Install vlc-plugin-access-extra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-access-extra

Install vlc-plugin-access-extra 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-plugin-access-extra using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-access-extra

How To Uninstall vlc-plugin-access-extra on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-access-extra package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-access-extra

Uninstall vlc-plugin-access-extra And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-plugin-access-extra

Remove vlc-plugin-access-extra Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-access-extra

Remove vlc-plugin-access-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-access-extra

Dependencies

vlc-plugin-access-extra have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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