How To Install mopidy on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mopidy on Kali Linux. mopidy is extensible music server

Introduction

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

What is mopidy

mopidy is:

Mopidy plays music from local disk, Spotify, SoundCloud, Google Play Music, and more. You can edit the playlist from any phone, tablet, or computer using a variety of MPD and web clients.

Vanilla Mopidy only plays music from files and radio streams. Through extensions, Mopidy can play music from cloud services like Spotify, SoundCloud, and Google Play Music.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mopidy

Install mopidy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mopidy

Install mopidy 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 mopidy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mopidy

How To Uninstall mopidy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mopidy

Uninstall mopidy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mopidy

Remove mopidy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mopidy

Remove mopidy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mopidy

Dependencies

mopidy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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