How To Install lirc-drv-irman on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-drv-irman on Kali Linux.

What is lirc-drv-irman

lirc-drv-irman is:

The IrMan hardware (http://www.intolect.com/irmandetail.htm) is nowadays discontinued. However, some modern hardware (notably the irtoy) is able to emulate the irman protocol.

This package provides a plugin for modern LIRC providing support for irman compatible devices (http://www.intolect.com/irmandetail.htm). Older LIRC versions < 0.9.4 has this support built-in.

There are three methods to install lirc-drv-irman 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 lirc-drv-irman Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lirc-drv-irman using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lirc-drv-irman

Install lirc-drv-irman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lirc-drv-irman using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lirc-drv-irman

Install lirc-drv-irman 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 lirc-drv-irman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lirc-drv-irman

How To Uninstall lirc-drv-irman on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lirc-drv-irman package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lirc-drv-irman

Uninstall lirc-drv-irman And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lirc-drv-irman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lirc-drv-irman

Remove lirc-drv-irman Configurations and Data

To remove lirc-drv-irman configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lirc-drv-irman

Remove lirc-drv-irman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lirc-drv-irman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lirc-drv-irman

Dependencies

lirc-drv-irman have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libirman0
• liblirc-client0

References

• lirc-drv-irman website

Summary

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