How To Install ustreamer on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ustreamer on Kali Linux.
What is ustreamer
ustreamer is:
?Streamer is a lightweight and very quick server to stream MJPG video from any V4L2 device to the network. All new browsers have native support of this video format, as well as most video players such as mplayer, VLC etc. ?Streamer is a part of the Pi-KVM project designed to stream VGA and HDMI screencast hardware data with the highest resolution and FPS possible.
There are three methods to install ustreamer 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 ustreamer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ustreamer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ustreamerInstall ustreamer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ustreamer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ustreamerInstall ustreamer 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ustreamer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ustreamerHow To Uninstall ustreamer on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ustreamer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ustreamerUninstall ustreamer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ustreamer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ustreamerRemove ustreamer Configurations and Data
To remove ustreamer configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ustreamerRemove ustreamer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ustreamer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ustreamerDependencies
ustreamer have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ustreamer package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
