How to Install and Uninstall mpv Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 22,2024

1. Install "mpv" package

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


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall mpv on Kali Linux:


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

Package: mpv
Version: 0.37.0-1
Installed-Size: 3370
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libarchive13 (>= 3.4.0), libasound2 (>= 1.0.27), libass9 (>= 1:0.15.0), libavcodec60 (>= 7:6.1), libavdevice60 (>= 7:6.0), libavfilter9 (>= 7:6.0), libavformat60 (>= 7:6.0), libavutil58 (>= 7:6.0), libbluray2 (>= 1:0.2.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcaca0 (>= 0.99.beta20), libcdio-cdda2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio-paranoia2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio19 (>= 2.1.0), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.105), libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libegl1, libgbm1 (>= 17.1.0~rc2), libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), liblcms2-2 (>= 2.6), liblua5.2-0 (>= 5.2.4), libmujs3 (>= 1.0.7), libpipewire-0.3-0 (>= 0.3.50), libplacebo338 (>= 6.338.1), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.4), librubberband2 (>= 3.3.0+dfsg), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libsixel1 (>= 1.10.3), libswresample4 (>= 7:6.0), libswscale7 (>= 7:6.0), libuchardet0 (>= 0.0.1), libva-drm2 (>= 1.1.0), libva-wayland2 (>= 1.3.0), libva-x11-2 (>= 1.0.3), libva2 (>= 2.2.0), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libvulkan1 (>= 1.2.131.2), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.20.0), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.15.0), libwayland-egl1 (>= 1.15.0), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.2.99.901), libxext6, libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0), libxpresent1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.4.0), libxss1, libxv1, libzimg2 (>= 0.3.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: xdg-utils, yt-dlp
Suggests: libcuda1
Size: 1244600
SHA256: 8a051b6cc7930de818cca8f5bee78301736ce5961fa2bbcfa0c0fbd6594583b0
SHA1: 44b29fd4fefd6dc2ad7757e0ec2f2d19df60e5c5
MD5sum: 7c03984a96520c8c5858aa9f59f1a403
Description: video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2
mpv is a movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide
variety of video file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.
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Changes from mplayer2 to mpv include:
* Removal of lots of unneeded code to encourage developer activity
* Better OSD rendering
* Cleaned up terminal output
* Improved OpenGL output
* Encoding functionality (replacement for mencoder)
* Wayland support
* Support for playing URLs of popular streaming sites
* Screenshot improvements
* ...
See mpv(1) for more info regarding changes between MPlayer, mplayer2 and mpv.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://mpv.io/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program,
sound::player, uitoolkit::sdl, uitoolkit::xlib, use::playing,
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/mpv/mpv_0.37.0-1_amd64.deb