How To Install kodi-addons-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-addons-dev on Kali Linux.
What is kodi-addons-dev
kodi-addons-dev is:
This package is a dummy package used in conjunction with kodi-addons-dev to detect if a binary addon should be built for given Debian architecture.
The alternative to introducing this package is marking kodi-addons-dev back as arch:any, but this makes Lintian and multi-arch hinter noisy.
If Kodi upstream starts shipping architecture-specific development libraries again, they will land in this package.
There are three methods to install kodi-addons-dev 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 kodi-addons-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kodi-addons-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kodi-addons-devInstall kodi-addons-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kodi-addons-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kodi-addons-devInstall kodi-addons-dev 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 kodi-addons-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kodi-addons-devHow To Uninstall kodi-addons-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kodi-addons-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kodi-addons-devUninstall kodi-addons-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kodi-addons-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kodi-addons-devRemove kodi-addons-dev Configurations and Data
To remove kodi-addons-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kodi-addons-devRemove kodi-addons-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kodi-addons-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kodi-addons-devDependencies
kodi-addons-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-addons-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.