How to Install and Uninstall mediainfo Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "mediainfo" package

This tutorial shows how to install mediainfo on Kali Linux


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall mediainfo on Kali Linux:


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

Package: mediainfo
Version: 24.01.1-1
Installed-Size: 160
Maintainer: Chow Loong Jin
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libmediainfo0v5 (>= 0.7.56), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1), libzen0v5 (>= 0.4.31-2~)
Suggests: mediainfo-gui
Size: 83168
SHA256: a32822ade85a7fb815c34beff128f9d40c60c9c1e99fa3e90b24a45b1b9bb436
SHA1: 56f53f4d77378b7a40c8bd0ca04adc56951f9cfe
MD5sum: c58ea0f4a302e35dc9ec387dd0538cea
Description: command-line utility for reading information from audio/video files
MediaInfo is a utility used for retrieving technical information and other
metadata about audio or video files.
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A non-exhaustive list of the information MediaInfo can retrieve from media
files include:
- General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration...
- Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate...
- Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate...
- Text: language of subtitle
- Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters
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MediaInfo supports the following formats:
- Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,
MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)...
- Video Codecs: DivX, XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC...)
- Audio: OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF...
- Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI...
MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file
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This package includes the command line interface.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfo
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mediainfo/mediainfo_24.01.1-1_amd64.deb