How To Install scantv on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is scantv

scantv is:

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

This package provides a utility that can scan a channel set for TV stations and write the ones found in an xawtv configuration file (which is also read by some other utilities such as fbtv). It attempts to extract the station names from inter-frame (VBI) data as well.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install scantv

Install scantv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install scantv

Install scantv 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 scantv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install scantv

How To Uninstall scantv on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove scantv

Uninstall scantv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove scantv

Remove scantv Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge scantv

Remove scantv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scantv

Dependencies

scantv have the following dependencies:

• xawtv-plugins
• libc6
• libjpeg62-turbo
• libzvbi0

References

• scantv website

Summary

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