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