How To Install yavta on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is yavta

yavta is:

Tool to test Video4Linux2 devices with a very simple interface. It supports many of the latest V4L2 capabilities such as multi-plane capture, and many video formats. It also has capabilities to detect timing issues on the frame capture.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yavta

Install yavta Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yavta

Install yavta 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 yavta using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yavta

How To Uninstall yavta on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove yavta

Uninstall yavta And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yavta

Remove yavta Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yavta

Remove yavta configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yavta

Dependencies

yavta have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• yavta website

Summary

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