How To Install kodi-pvr-mythtv on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-pvr-mythtv on Kali Linux.
What is kodi-pvr-mythtv
kodi-pvr-mythtv is:
MythTV is a open source software PVR project that is designed to run on Linux, although other operating system packages are available. With MythTV you can watch Live TV, schedule recordings, view episode guide information, and many other features you expect from a DVR type appliance device. But more interesting for Kodi users is that as MythTV uses a distributed application structure it can also be configured as PVR backend (PVR server) for Kodi, supporting multiple Kodi frontends as clients, with MythTV acting as the PVR backend that does work of tuning TV signals, recording, scheduling, and post processing jobs.
This package contains the MythTV PVR (Personal Video Recorder) Addon for Kodi, the award winning free and open source software media-player and entertainment hub for all your digital media
There are three methods to install kodi-pvr-mythtv 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-pvr-mythtv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kodi-pvr-mythtv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kodi-pvr-mythtvInstall kodi-pvr-mythtv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kodi-pvr-mythtv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kodi-pvr-mythtvInstall kodi-pvr-mythtv 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-pvr-mythtv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kodi-pvr-mythtvHow To Uninstall kodi-pvr-mythtv on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kodi-pvr-mythtv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kodi-pvr-mythtvUninstall kodi-pvr-mythtv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kodi-pvr-mythtv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kodi-pvr-mythtvRemove kodi-pvr-mythtv Configurations and Data
To remove kodi-pvr-mythtv configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kodi-pvr-mythtvRemove kodi-pvr-mythtv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kodi-pvr-mythtv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kodi-pvr-mythtvDependencies
kodi-pvr-mythtv have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-pvr-mythtv package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.