How To Install gnome-dvb-client on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-dvb-client
on Kali Linux.
What is gnome-dvb-client
gnome-dvb-client is:
GNOME DVB Daemon is a GStreamer based daemon to setup your DVB devices, record and/or watch TV shows and browse EPG.
This package contains the Python GTK+ client, which speaks to the daemon via DBUS.
There are three methods to install gnome-dvb-client
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 gnome-dvb-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-dvb-client
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-dvb-client
Install gnome-dvb-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-dvb-client
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-dvb-client
Install gnome-dvb-client 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 gnome-dvb-client
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-dvb-client
How To Uninstall gnome-dvb-client on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gnome-dvb-client
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-dvb-client
Uninstall gnome-dvb-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-dvb-client
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-dvb-client
Remove gnome-dvb-client Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-dvb-client
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-dvb-client
Remove gnome-dvb-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-dvb-client
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-dvb-client
Dependencies
gnome-dvb-client have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-dvb-client
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.