How To Install vlc-plugin-skins2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-skins2 on Kali Linux.

What is vlc-plugin-skins2

vlc-plugin-skins2 is:

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.

This package contains VLC’s Skins2 interface.

There are three methods to install vlc-plugin-skins2 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vlc-plugin-skins2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-skins2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-skins2

Install vlc-plugin-skins2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-skins2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-skins2

Install vlc-plugin-skins2 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-skins2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-skins2

How To Uninstall vlc-plugin-skins2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-skins2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-skins2

Uninstall vlc-plugin-skins2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vlc-plugin-skins2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-plugin-skins2

Remove vlc-plugin-skins2 Configurations and Data

To remove vlc-plugin-skins2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-skins2

Remove vlc-plugin-skins2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vlc-plugin-skins2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-skins2

Dependencies

vlc-plugin-skins2 have the following dependencies:

• fonts-freefont-ttf
• vlc-plugin-qt
• libc6
• libfreetype6
• libfribidi0
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6
• libvlccore9
• libx11-6
• libxext6
• libxinerama1
• libxpm4
• vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f

References

• vlc-plugin-skins2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-skins2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.