How to Install and Uninstall libx264-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libx264-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libx264-dev on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libx264-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libx264-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libx264-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libx264-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libx264-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: libx264-dev
Source: x264
Version: 2:0.164.3108+git31e19f9-1
Installed-Size: 2783
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libx264-164 (= 2:0.164.3108+git31e19f9-1)
Size: 610868
SHA256: 6bb5ba616125a290428075084053b373cb66ab54be33a56932c64626b7b4a460
SHA1: 4a7e7084a752905e7027849e31d6a00efc3cda71
MD5sum: ebff9cd1f6df06aa7c4325b264b912af
Description: development files for libx264
libx264 is an advanced encoding library for creating H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC)
video streams.
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This package contains the static library and headers used to build programs
that use libx264.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib, role::program, works-with::video
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/x264/libx264-dev_0.164.3108+git31e19f9-1_amd64.deb