How To Install gmediarender on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmediarender on Kali Linux. gmediarender is Small headless UPnP media renderer

Introduction

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

What is gmediarender

gmediarender is:

gmediarender is a UPnP media renderer for POSIX-compliant systems, such as Linux or UNIX. It implements the server component that provides UPnP controllers a means to render media content (audio, video and images) from a UPnP media server.

gmrender-resurrect is a fork from GMediaRender which was abandoned upstream.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gmediarender

Install gmediarender Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gmediarender

Install gmediarender 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 gmediarender using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gmediarender

How To Uninstall gmediarender on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gmediarender

Uninstall gmediarender And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmediarender

Remove gmediarender Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gmediarender

Remove gmediarender configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmediarender

Dependencies

gmediarender have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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