How To Install dvbsnoop on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dvbsnoop

dvbsnoop is:

This sniffer program can monitor, analyze, debug, dump or view DVB / MPEG / DSM-CC / MHP stream information:

• ISO/DVB basic sections: BAT, PAT, SDT, NIT, …
• DSM-CC: INT, MPE, MPE FEC, Datagram, …
• TS (Transport Stream), PS (Program Stream), PES (Packetized Elementary Stream)

Input can be a live stream from a DVB card, or a recorded stream.

For DVB cards, it can also dump frontend information and status, and make a PID scan.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dvbsnoop

Install dvbsnoop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dvbsnoop

Install dvbsnoop 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 dvbsnoop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dvbsnoop

How To Uninstall dvbsnoop on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dvbsnoop

Uninstall dvbsnoop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dvbsnoop

Remove dvbsnoop Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dvbsnoop

Remove dvbsnoop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dvbsnoop

Dependencies

dvbsnoop have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• dvbsnoop website

Summary

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