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

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

Introduction

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

What is vlc-plugin-video-splitter

vlc-plugin-video-splitter 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 splitter plugins.

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

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

Install vlc-plugin-video-splitter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Uninstall vlc-plugin-video-splitter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vlc-plugin-video-splitter 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-splitter

Remove vlc-plugin-video-splitter Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

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

References

Summary

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