How To Install alevtd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install alevtd on Kali Linux. alevtd is HTTP daemon for teletext pages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alevtd on Kali Linux.

What is alevtd

alevtd is:

XawTV is a set of software for watching and recording television channels and webcams.

This package provides an HTTP daemon which serves teletext pages as HTML.

There are three methods to install alevtd 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 alevtd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install alevtd

Install alevtd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install alevtd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install alevtd

Install alevtd 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 alevtd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install alevtd

How To Uninstall alevtd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the alevtd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove alevtd

Uninstall alevtd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove alevtd

Remove alevtd Configurations and Data

To remove alevtd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge alevtd

Remove alevtd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove alevtd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alevtd

Dependencies

alevtd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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