How To Install icecast2 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icecast2 on Kali Linux.
What is icecast2
icecast2 is:
Icecast is a versatile multimedia streaming server which can create (for instance) a private jukebox or “Internet radio station”. It supports Ogg streaming using the Vorbis and Theora codecs, as well as other formats such as MP3, AAC, or NSV, and is compatible with most media players.
There are three methods to install icecast2 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 icecast2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install icecast2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icecast2Install icecast2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install icecast2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icecast2Install icecast2 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install icecast2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icecast2How To Uninstall icecast2 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the icecast2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icecast2Uninstall icecast2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icecast2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icecast2Remove icecast2 Configurations and Data
To remove icecast2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icecast2Remove icecast2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icecast2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icecast2Dependencies
icecast2 have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- adduser
- libc6
- libcurl4
- libogg0
- libspeex1
- libssl1.1
- libtheora0
- libvorbis0a
- libxml2
- libxslt1.1
- debconf
- lsb-base
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icecast2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.