How To Install pulseaudio-dlna on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-dlna on Kali Linux. pulseaudio-dlna is stream audio to DLNA devices and Chromecasts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-dlna on Kali Linux.

What is pulseaudio-dlna

pulseaudio-dlna is:

A lightweight streaming server which brings DLNA/UPNP and Chromecast support to PulseAudio and Linux. It can stream your current PulseAudio playback to different UPNP devices (UPNP Media Renderers) or Chromecasts in your network.

This Debian package supports out of the box the following encoders: MPEG Audio Layer III (mp3), Ogg Vorbis (ogg), Free Lossless Audio Codec (flac), Waveform Audio File Format (wav), Opus Interactive Audio Codec (opus), Linear PCM (l16). See the README.Debian file shipped with this package for more information.

Its main goals are: easy to use, no configuration hassle, no big dependencies.

There are three methods to install pulseaudio-dlna 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 pulseaudio-dlna Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pulseaudio-dlna

Install pulseaudio-dlna Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pulseaudio-dlna

Install pulseaudio-dlna 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 pulseaudio-dlna using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pulseaudio-dlna

How To Uninstall pulseaudio-dlna on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pulseaudio-dlna package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-dlna

Uninstall pulseaudio-dlna And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pulseaudio-dlna

Remove pulseaudio-dlna Configurations and Data

To remove pulseaudio-dlna configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pulseaudio-dlna

Remove pulseaudio-dlna configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pulseaudio-dlna

Dependencies

pulseaudio-dlna have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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