How to Install and Uninstall libavcodec-extra Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "libavcodec-extra" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libavcodec-extra on Kali Linux


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libavcodec-extra
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "libavcodec-extra" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libavcodec-extra on Kali Linux:


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libavcodec-extra
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the libavcodec-extra package on Kali Linux

Package: libavcodec-extra
Source: ffmpeg
Version: 7:6.1.1-1
Installed-Size: 81
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libavcodec-extra60 (= 7:6.1.1-1)
Size: 46948
SHA256: 3038e71636d8b1352a80cc70ce50c09669d4a73321e6cbacdcc934be3cdff065
SHA1: 1b42fa3f804baafb4af170229f8689c19fbe1de2
MD5sum: 18d93084794efb3878b3d44663c65ae1
Description: FFmpeg library with extra codecs (metapackage)
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.
.
This metapackage depends on the latest version of the libavcodec variant
that offers additional codec support. Application packages can depend
on it if they require or suggest this variant in a robust manner.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: metapackages
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-extra_6.1.1-1_amd64.deb