How To Install grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon on Kali Linux.

What is grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon

grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon 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 Grilo plugin.

There are three methods to install grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon 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 grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon

Install grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon

Install grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon 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 grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon

How To Uninstall grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon

Uninstall grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon

Remove grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon

Remove grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon

Dependencies

grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgrilo-0.3-0
• gnome-dvb-client

References

• grilo-plugins-dvb-daemon website

Summary

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