How To Install xawtv-plugins on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xawtv-plugins on Kali Linux.
What is xawtv-plugins
xawtv-plugins is:
XawTV is a set of software for watching and recording television channels and webcams.
This package provides plugins for xawtv and motv: driver interfaces for hardware access (video4linux API, etc.), plugins for reading/writing movie files and some image processing filters.
There are three methods to install xawtv-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 xawtv-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install xawtv-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xawtv-pluginsInstall xawtv-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install xawtv-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xawtv-pluginsInstall xawtv-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install xawtv-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xawtv-pluginsHow To Uninstall xawtv-plugins on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the xawtv-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xawtv-pluginsUninstall xawtv-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xawtv-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xawtv-pluginsRemove xawtv-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove xawtv-plugins configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xawtv-pluginsRemove xawtv-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xawtv-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xawtv-pluginsDependencies
xawtv-plugins have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xawtv-plugins package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
