How To Install minidlna on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install minidlna on Kali Linux.

What is minidlna

minidlna is:

MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) is server software with the aim of being fully compliant with DLNA/UPnP-AV clients.

The minidlna daemon serves media files (music, pictures, and video) to clients on your network. Example clients include applications such as totem and Kodi (xbmc), and devices such as portable media players, smartphones, and televisions (common part of SmartTV kit).

MiniDLNA is a simple, lightweight alternative to mediatomb, but has fewer features. It does not have a web interface for administration and must be configured by editing a text file.

There are three methods to install minidlna 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 minidlna Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install minidlna

Install minidlna Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install minidlna using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install minidlna

Install minidlna 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 minidlna using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install minidlna

How To Uninstall minidlna on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the minidlna package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove minidlna

Uninstall minidlna And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove minidlna

Remove minidlna Configurations and Data

To remove minidlna configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge minidlna

Remove minidlna configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove minidlna configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minidlna

Dependencies

minidlna have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• adduser
• lsb-base
• libavformat58

References

• minidlna website

Summary

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