How to Install and Uninstall libvlc5 Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "libvlc5" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libvlc5 on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libvlc5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libvlc5" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libvlc5 on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libvlc5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libvlc5 package on Kali Linux

Package: libvlc5
Source: vlc (3.0.20-1)
Version: 3.0.20-1+b2
Installed-Size: 306
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libvlccore9 (>= 3.0.20)
Recommends: libvlc-bin (= 3.0.20-1+b2)
Size: 139344
SHA256: 032373bd81fc73bdca01ed11245c5508ba613d1d8f6a3ab93ee6983dac0e1717
SHA1: 26843e2166c3ffc5c7aefced395381d4d6718454
MD5sum: dcb57766d14b4d1efb537cca63fe5328
Description: multimedia player and streamer library
VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
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This package contains the shared library required by applications using VLC
features.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vlc/libvlc5_3.0.20-1+b2_amd64.deb