How to Install and Uninstall mkvtoolnix Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "mkvtoolnix" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install mkvtoolnix on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall mkvtoolnix on Kali Linux:


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

Package: mkvtoolnix
Version: 82.0-1
Installed-Size: 26664
Maintainer: Christian Marillat
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libboost-filesystem1.83.0 (>= 1.83.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdvdread8 (>= 4.1.3), libebml5 (>= 1.4.4), libflac12 (>= 1.3.0), libfmt9 (>= 9.1.0+ds1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.3.0+dfsg), libmatroska7 (>= 1.7.1), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libpugixml1v5 (>= 1.7), libqt6core6 (>= 6.4.0), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1), libvorbis0a (>= 1.1.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: mkvtoolnix-gui
Size: 5333608
SHA256: 1a576aa8815c18facbc1fff8dc1938a9f2f5763f23cbf7dbc98792b3a9584dcb
SHA1: 5ccfee8ffca702e2ec00d334be307826ba9b752e
MD5sum: 6d4bd3b82de110f4b0e5bb20a51f6ad1
Description: Set of command-line tools to work with Matroska files
Matroska is a new multimedia container format, based on EBML (Extensible
Binary Meta Language), which is a kind of binary XML.
These tools allow one to manipulate Matroska files.
* mkvmerge is a tool to create Matroska files from other formats
* mkvinfo allow one to get information about the tracks in a Matroska file
* mkvextract can extract tracks from Matroska files to other formats
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This package only provides command-line tools. For graphical tools, you
should install the mkvtoolnix-gui package.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://mkvtoolnix.download/index.html
Tag: interface::commandline, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
role::program, sound::compression, uitoolkit::qt, use::converting,
works-with-format::mp3, works-with-format::oggtheora,
works-with-format::oggvorbis, works-with-format::wav,
works-with::audio, works-with::video, x11::application
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mkvtoolnix/mkvtoolnix_82.0-1_amd64.deb