How To Install pianobar on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pianobar on Kali Linux.
What is pianobar
pianobar is:
pianobar is a cross-platform console client for the personalized web radio Pandora, supporting all important features the official Flash?? client has:
* Create, delete, rename stations and add more music
* Rate and temporary ban tracks as well as move them to another station
* ??Shared stations??
and some that it does not have (yet):
* last.fm scrobbling
* Proxy support for use in areas not supported by Pandora (outside the USA)
You need an account in order to use this player, so please consider create one for free before using pianobar at https://pandora.com.
There are three methods to install pianobar 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 pianobar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pianobar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pianobarInstall pianobar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pianobar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pianobarInstall pianobar 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pianobar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pianobarHow To Uninstall pianobar on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pianobar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pianobarUninstall pianobar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pianobar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pianobarRemove pianobar Configurations and Data
To remove pianobar configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pianobarRemove pianobar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pianobar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pianobarDependencies
pianobar have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pianobar package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.