How To Install winff on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install winff on Kali Linux.

What is winff

winff is:

WinFF is a graphical user interface for FFmpeg or avconv. It will convert almost any video file that FFmpeg or avconv will convert. WinFF does multiple files in multiple formats at one time. You can, for example, convert mpeg’s, flv’s, and mov’s into avi’s (or DVD/VCD format or MPEG or 3gp etc.) all at once.

WinFF provides a variety of preset conversion settings for common formats and devices. These presets are intended to hit the “sweet spot” for each individual codec. They have been written with a tip of the balance to quality.

For most presets to work, it is necessary to have the unstripped version of the libavcodec package, which can be obtained by installing libavcodec-extra as suggested by the WinFF suite. It might be necessary to enable additional repositories to find that package.

There are three methods to install winff 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 winff Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install winff using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install winff

Install winff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install winff using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install winff

Install winff 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 winff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install winff

How To Uninstall winff on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the winff package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove winff

Uninstall winff And Its Dependencies

To uninstall winff and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove winff

Remove winff Configurations and Data

To remove winff configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge winff

Remove winff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove winff configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge winff

Dependencies

winff have the following dependencies:

• winff-gtk2

References

• winff website

Summary

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