How To Install vdr-plugin-weather on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-weather on Kali Linux.

What is vdr-plugin-weather

vdr-plugin-weather is:

Displays the current weather conditions for a selected location. It gets the METAR data from ftp://weather.noaa.gov.

There are three methods to install vdr-plugin-weather 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 vdr-plugin-weather Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vdr-plugin-weather

Install vdr-plugin-weather Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vdr-plugin-weather

Install vdr-plugin-weather 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 vdr-plugin-weather using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vdr-plugin-weather

How To Uninstall vdr-plugin-weather on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vdr-plugin-weather package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vdr-plugin-weather

Uninstall vdr-plugin-weather And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdr-plugin-weather

Remove vdr-plugin-weather Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vdr-plugin-weather

Remove vdr-plugin-weather configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdr-plugin-weather

Dependencies

vdr-plugin-weather have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libftp4
• libgcc1

References

• vdr-plugin-weather website

Summary

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