How To Install python3-streamlink on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-streamlink
on Kali Linux.
What is python3-streamlink
python3-streamlink is:
Streamlink is a CLI utility which pipes video streams from various services into a video player, such as VLC. The main purpose of streamlink is to avoid resource-heavy and unoptimized websites, while still allowing the user to enjoy various streamed content.
Streamlink is a fork of the Livestreamer project.
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This package makes Streamlink APIs accessible in Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-streamlink
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 python3-streamlink Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-streamlink
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-streamlink
Install python3-streamlink Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-streamlink
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-streamlink
Install python3-streamlink 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 python3-streamlink
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-streamlink
How To Uninstall python3-streamlink on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-streamlink
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-streamlink
Uninstall python3-streamlink And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-streamlink
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-streamlink
Remove python3-streamlink Configurations and Data
To remove python3-streamlink
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-streamlink
Remove python3-streamlink configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-streamlink
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-streamlink
Dependencies
python3-streamlink have the following dependencies:
- python3-isodate
- python3-pycountry
- python3-pycryptodome
- python3-requests
- python3-socks
- python3-websocket
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-streamlink
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.