How To Install freetuxtv on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install freetuxtv on Kali Linux. freetuxtv is Internet television and radio player

Introduction

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

What is freetuxtv

freetuxtv is:

FreetuxTV is a media player for watching and recording TV on a PC. It gives access to a large and growing database of free WebTV, WebRadio, and WebCam channels in more than 20 languages, along with television services provided by ISPs to their subscribers.

It relies on VLC for its multimedia codecs.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install freetuxtv

Install freetuxtv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freetuxtv

Install freetuxtv 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 freetuxtv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freetuxtv

How To Uninstall freetuxtv on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove freetuxtv

Uninstall freetuxtv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freetuxtv

Remove freetuxtv Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge freetuxtv

Remove freetuxtv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freetuxtv

Dependencies

freetuxtv have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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