How To Install pia on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pia on Kali Linux. pia is movie player for xawtv

Introduction

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

What is pia

pia is:

XawTV is a set of software for watching and recording television channels and webcams.

This package provides a simple movie player used by xawtv and motv to play back movie files which are recorded from TV.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pia

Install pia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pia

Install pia 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 pia using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pia

How To Uninstall pia on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pia

Uninstall pia And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pia

Remove pia Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pia

Remove pia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pia

Dependencies

pia have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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