How To Install scrobbler on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is scrobbler

scrobbler is:

scrobbler is a CLI tool which reads playback information from iPods, MTP (aka Plays for Sure) or Rockbox (open source audio player firmware) devices and submits them to an audioscrobbler service, such as “last.fm” or “libre.fm”.

This is a command-line tool. For a graphical version, see the ‘qtscrob’ package.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install scrobbler

Install scrobbler Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install scrobbler

Install scrobbler 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 scrobbler using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install scrobbler

How To Uninstall scrobbler on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove scrobbler

Uninstall scrobbler And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove scrobbler

Remove scrobbler Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge scrobbler

Remove scrobbler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scrobbler

Dependencies

scrobbler have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• scrobbler website

Summary

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