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

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-streamdev-server on Kali Linux. vdr-plugin-streamdev-server is VDR Plugin to stream Live-TV to other VDRs - server part

Introduction

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

What is vdr-plugin-streamdev-server

vdr-plugin-streamdev-server 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 server part.

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

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

Install vdr-plugin-streamdev-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Uninstall vdr-plugin-streamdev-server And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vdr-plugin-streamdev-server 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-server

Remove vdr-plugin-streamdev-server Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

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

References

Summary

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