How to Install and Uninstall libavformat-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "libavformat-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libavformat-dev on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libavformat-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libavformat-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libavformat-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libavformat-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libavformat-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: libavformat-dev
Source: ffmpeg
Version: 7:6.1.1-1
Installed-Size: 5656
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libavcodec-dev (= 7:6.1.1-1), libavformat60 (= 7:6.1.1-1), libavutil-dev (= 7:6.1.1-1), libswresample-dev (= 7:6.1.1-1)
Size: 1317804
SHA256: 72e5c8460b4ee5b5c9565dd75b55c04d050b1bd51172447db18e516e36b3d7de
SHA1: 1475fc8fb91a5d407eb723b5ef97a178dd33ed81
MD5sum: 4257d8fed71bbdc47a1d9f328f15139e
Description: FFmpeg library with (de)muxers for multimedia containers - development 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 library provides a generic framework for multiplexing and demultiplexing
(muxing and demuxing) audio, video and subtitle streams. It encompasses
multiple muxers and demuxers for multimedia container formats. It also
supports several input and output protocols to access a media resource.
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This package contains the development files.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib,
role::program, works-with::video
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_6.1.1-1_amd64.deb