How To Install streamlink on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install streamlink on Kali Linux. streamlink is CLI for extracting video streams from various websites to a video player

Introduction

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

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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There are three methods to install 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.

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install streamlink

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install streamlink

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 streamlink using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install streamlink

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

sudo apt-get remove streamlink

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove streamlink

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

sudo apt-get -y purge streamlink

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge streamlink

Dependencies

streamlink have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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