How To Install rhythmbox-plugins on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rhythmbox-plugins
on Kali Linux.
What is rhythmbox-plugins
rhythmbox-plugins is:
Rhythmbox is a very easy to use music playing and management program which supports a wide range of audio formats (including mp3 and ogg). Originally inspired by Apple’s iTunes, the current version also supports Internet Radio, iPod integration and generic portable audio player support, Audio CD burning, Audio CD playback, music sharing, and Podcasts.
This package contains the following plugins:
- Cover art search
- Audio CD Player
- Last.fm
- DAAP Music Sharing
- FM Radio
- Grilo media browser
- IM Status
- Internet Radio
- Song Lyrics
- Magnatune Store
- Media Player Keys
- Portable Players (generic, iPod, MTP)
- Notification
- Power Manager
- Python Console
- LIRC
- Replay Gain
- Soundcloud
- MediaServer2 D-Bus interface
- MPRIS D-Bus interface
- Browser plugin to integrate Rhythmbox with iTunes
- Web remote control
There are three methods to install rhythmbox-plugins
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 rhythmbox-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rhythmbox-plugins
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rhythmbox-plugins
Install rhythmbox-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rhythmbox-plugins
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rhythmbox-plugins
Install rhythmbox-plugins 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 rhythmbox-plugins
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rhythmbox-plugins
How To Uninstall rhythmbox-plugins on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the rhythmbox-plugins
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rhythmbox-plugins
Uninstall rhythmbox-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rhythmbox-plugins
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rhythmbox-plugins
Remove rhythmbox-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove rhythmbox-plugins
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rhythmbox-plugins
Remove rhythmbox-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rhythmbox-plugins
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rhythmbox-plugins
Dependencies
rhythmbox-plugins have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libdmapsharing-3.0-2
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgpod4
- libgrilo-0.3-0
- libgstreamer1.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libgudev-1.0-0
- libimobiledevice6
- libjson-glib-1.0-0
- liblirc-client0
- libmtp9
- libnotify4
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpeas-1.0-0
- librhythmbox-core10
- libsecret-1-0
- libsoup2.4-1
- libtotem-plparser18
- python3
- python3
- python3.9
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rhythmbox-plugins
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.