How To Install vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice on Kali Linux.

What is vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice

vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice is:

Video Disk Recorder (VDR) is a digital sat-receiver program using Linux and DVB technologies. It allows one to record MPEG2 streams, as well as output the stream to TV.

This package contains the dvbhddevice-plugin, which implements the output device for the “Full Featured TechnoTrend S2-6400” DVB cards.

There are three methods to install vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice 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 vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice

Install vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice

Install vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice 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 vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice

How To Uninstall vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice

Uninstall vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice

Remove vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice Configurations and Data

To remove vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice

Remove vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice

Dependencies

vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• vdr-plugin-dvbhddevice website

Summary

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