How To Install gmpc-plugins on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmpc-plugins on Kali Linux. gmpc-plugins is Plugins for the GNOME Music Player Client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmpc-plugins on Kali Linux.

What is gmpc-plugins

gmpc-plugins is:

gmpc-plugins is a set of plugins that enhance functionality of the GNOME Music Player Clients. Plugins are:

  • alarm, allows basic events to be scheduled
  • avahi, zeroconf profile scanning
  • awn, integration with Avant Window Navigator
  • lyrics, a lyrics fetcher from multiple sources
  • mmkeys, GNOME multimedia key-binding integration
  • shout, stream shout-cast

There are three methods to install gmpc-plugins 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 gmpc-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gmpc-plugins

Install gmpc-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gmpc-plugins

Install gmpc-plugins 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 gmpc-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gmpc-plugins

How To Uninstall gmpc-plugins on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gmpc-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gmpc-plugins

Uninstall gmpc-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmpc-plugins

Remove gmpc-plugins Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gmpc-plugins

Remove gmpc-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmpc-plugins

Dependencies

gmpc-plugins have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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