How To Install gnome-dvb-client on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-dvb-client on Kali Linux.

What is gnome-dvb-client

gnome-dvb-client is:

GNOME DVB Daemon is a GStreamer based daemon to setup your DVB devices, record and/or watch TV shows and browse EPG.

This package contains the Python GTK+ client, which speaks to the daemon via DBUS.

There are three methods to install gnome-dvb-client 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 gnome-dvb-client Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-dvb-client

Install gnome-dvb-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-dvb-client using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-dvb-client

Install gnome-dvb-client 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 gnome-dvb-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-dvb-client

How To Uninstall gnome-dvb-client on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gnome-dvb-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-dvb-client

Uninstall gnome-dvb-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-dvb-client

Remove gnome-dvb-client Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-dvb-client configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-dvb-client

Remove gnome-dvb-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-dvb-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-dvb-client

Dependencies

gnome-dvb-client have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• gnome-dvb-client website

Summary

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