How To Install vdr-plugin-streamdev-client on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vdr-plugin-streamdev-client

vdr-plugin-streamdev-client is:

This plugin for vdr lets the software stream videos into the network. You can interconnect several vdrs that way or watch those streams with special client apps like video lan client or mplayer. This is the client part.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vdr-plugin-streamdev-client

Install vdr-plugin-streamdev-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vdr-plugin-streamdev-client

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

sudo aptitude -y install vdr-plugin-streamdev-client

How To Uninstall vdr-plugin-streamdev-client on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vdr-plugin-streamdev-client

Uninstall vdr-plugin-streamdev-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdr-plugin-streamdev-client

Remove vdr-plugin-streamdev-client Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vdr-plugin-streamdev-client

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdr-plugin-streamdev-client

Dependencies

vdr-plugin-streamdev-client have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• vdr-plugin-streamdev-client website

Summary

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