How To Install vlc-plugin-base on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-base on Kali Linux.
What is vlc-plugin-base
vlc-plugin-base 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 most plugins which are shipped in more specialied plugin packages.
There are three methods to install vlc-plugin-base 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-base Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-base using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-baseInstall vlc-plugin-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-base using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-baseInstall vlc-plugin-base 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-base using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-baseHow To Uninstall vlc-plugin-base on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-base package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-baseUninstall vlc-plugin-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vlc-plugin-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-plugin-baseRemove vlc-plugin-base Configurations and Data
To remove vlc-plugin-base configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-baseRemove vlc-plugin-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vlc-plugin-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-baseDependencies
vlc-plugin-base have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-base package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.