How To Install mplayer-skin-blue on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mplayer-skin-blue on Kali Linux.

What is mplayer-skin-blue

mplayer-skin-blue is:

The MPlayer GUI is able to be customized with various skins and it requires at least one to be able to run.

This package contains the Blue skin by Xenomorph. This is currently considered the default skin for MPlayer.

There are three methods to install mplayer-skin-blue 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 mplayer-skin-blue Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mplayer-skin-blue

Install mplayer-skin-blue Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mplayer-skin-blue using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mplayer-skin-blue

Install mplayer-skin-blue 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 mplayer-skin-blue using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mplayer-skin-blue

How To Uninstall mplayer-skin-blue on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mplayer-skin-blue package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mplayer-skin-blue

Uninstall mplayer-skin-blue And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mplayer-skin-blue

Remove mplayer-skin-blue Configurations and Data

To remove mplayer-skin-blue configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mplayer-skin-blue

Remove mplayer-skin-blue configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mplayer-skin-blue configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mplayer-skin-blue

Dependencies

mplayer-skin-blue have the following dependencies:

• mplayer-gui

References

• mplayer-skin-blue website

Summary

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