How To Install dvb-apps on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvb-apps
on Kali Linux.
What is dvb-apps
dvb-apps is:
Applications and utilities geared towards the initial setup, testing and operation of an DVB device supporting the DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T, and ATSC standards.
Main User Applications: . scan - Scan for channels on your digital TV device . dvbscan - Another frequency scanning tool . czap, szap, tzap - Tuning utilities for DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-T . azap - Tuning utility for ATSC . gnutv - Tune, watch and stream your TV
General Utilities: . dvbdate - Set your clock from digital TV . dvbnet - Control digital data network interfaces . dvbtraffic - Monitor traffic on a digital device . femon - Monitor the tuning on a digital TV device . zap - Just tunes a digital device . atsc_epg - Display ATSC Electronic Program Guide (next programs) . alevt - Teletext browser
Hardware Specific Utilities: . util/av7110_loadkeys - Load remote keys into an av7110 based card . util/dib3000-watch - Monitor DIB3000 demodulators . util/dst-utils - Utilities for DST based cards . util/ttusb_dec_reset - Reset a TechnoTrends TTUSB DEC device
Libraries: . lib/libdvbapi - Interface library to digital TV devices . lib/libdvbcfg - Library to parse/create digital TV channel . lib/libdvbsec - Library for Satellite Equipment Control operations . lib/libucsi - Fast MPEG2 Transport Stream SI table parsing library . lib/libdvben50221- Implementation of a Cenelec EN 50221 CAM stack . lib/libdvbmisc - Miscellaneous utilities used by the other libraries
There are three methods to install dvb-apps
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 dvb-apps Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install dvb-apps
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install dvb-apps Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install dvb-apps
using apt
by running the following command:
Install dvb-apps 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.
After updating apt database, We can install dvb-apps
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall dvb-apps on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the dvb-apps
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall dvb-apps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dvb-apps
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove dvb-apps Configurations and Data
To remove dvb-apps
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove dvb-apps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dvb-apps
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
dvb-apps have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvb-apps
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.