How To Install firmware-ivtv on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-ivtv on Kali Linux. firmware-ivtv is Binary firmware for iTVC15-family MPEG codecs (ivtv and pvrusb2 drivers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-ivtv on Kali Linux.

What is firmware-ivtv

firmware-ivtv is:

This package contains the binary firmware for TV cards with Conexant iTVC15-family MPEG codecs, supported by the ivtv and pvrusb2 drivers.

Contents:

  • Conexant CX23415/CX23416 MPEG codec (decoder) (v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw)
  • Conexant CX23415/CX23416 MPEG codec (encoder) (v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw)
  • Conexant CX23415/CX23416 MPEG codec (initialization) (v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg)
  • Hauppauge PVR USB2 24xxx models (v4l-pvrusb2-24xxx-01.fw)
  • Hauppauge PVR USB2 29xxx models (v4l-pvrusb2-29xxx-01.fw)

This firmware is covered by the Hauppauge End-User Firmware License Agreement. You must agree to the terms of this license before it is installed.

There are three methods to install firmware-ivtv 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 firmware-ivtv Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install firmware-ivtv

Install firmware-ivtv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install firmware-ivtv

Install firmware-ivtv 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 firmware-ivtv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install firmware-ivtv

How To Uninstall firmware-ivtv on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the firmware-ivtv package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove firmware-ivtv

Uninstall firmware-ivtv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-ivtv

Remove firmware-ivtv Configurations and Data

To remove firmware-ivtv configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-ivtv

Remove firmware-ivtv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-ivtv

Dependencies

firmware-ivtv have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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