How To Install vlc-plugin-video-output on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-video-output on Kali Linux.

What is vlc-plugin-video-output

vlc-plugin-video-output 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 video output plugins.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-video-output

Install vlc-plugin-video-output Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-video-output

Install vlc-plugin-video-output 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-video-output using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-video-output

How To Uninstall vlc-plugin-video-output on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-video-output package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-video-output

Uninstall vlc-plugin-video-output And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-plugin-video-output

Remove vlc-plugin-video-output Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-video-output

Remove vlc-plugin-video-output configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-video-output

Dependencies

vlc-plugin-video-output have the following dependencies:

• libaa1
• libavcodec58

References

• vlc-plugin-video-output website

Summary

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