How to Install and Uninstall ffmpeg Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "ffmpeg" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install ffmpeg on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ffmpeg
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ffmpeg" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall ffmpeg on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ffmpeg
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ffmpeg package on Kali Linux

Package: ffmpeg
Version: 7:6.1.1-1
Installed-Size: 2500
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libavcodec60 (>= 7:6.1), libavdevice60 (>= 7:6.0), libavfilter9 (>= 7:6.0), libavformat60 (>= 7:6.0), libavutil58 (>= 7:6.0), libc6 (>= 2.35), libpostproc57 (>= 7:6.0), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libswresample4 (>= 7:6.0), libswscale7 (>= 7:6.0)
Suggests: ffmpeg-doc
Size: 1898356
SHA256: 870f038892f89702e77a9c4bed166f11c886ac3d33a0ad230a7a8b95c2282b26
SHA1: 5255339c9b40f986a6573c92dba46a515dccd880
MD5sum: 141abb2765402d82c252aa223433a108
Description: Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files
FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode,
mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and
machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the
cutting edge.
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This package contains:
* ffmpeg: a command line tool to convert multimedia files between formats
* ffplay: a simple media player based on SDL and the FFmpeg libraries
* ffprobe: a simple multimedia stream analyzer
* qt-faststart: a utility to rearrange Quicktime files
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, network::server, role::program, role::shared-lib,
scope::utility, uitoolkit::sdl, use::compressing, use::converting,
use::playing, works-with::audio, works-with::video, x11::application
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_6.1.1-1_amd64.deb