How To Install vdr-plugin-femon on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vdr-plugin-femon

vdr-plugin-femon is:

DVB Frontend Status Monitor (femon) is a VDR plugin that displays signal quality parameters of the tuned channel on the OSD.

There are three methods to install vdr-plugin-femon 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-femon 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-femon using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install vdr-plugin-femon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vdr-plugin-femon

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

sudo aptitude -y install vdr-plugin-femon

How To Uninstall vdr-plugin-femon on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vdr-plugin-femon

Uninstall vdr-plugin-femon And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove vdr-plugin-femon Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

vdr-plugin-femon have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• vdr-plugin-femon website

Summary

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