How To Install vdr-plugin-xine on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-xine on Kali Linux. vdr-plugin-xine is allows xine to be a display for vdr, the Video Disk Recorder

Introduction

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

What is vdr-plugin-xine

vdr-plugin-xine is:

Plugin for vdr which allows you to use xine, gxine or some other frontend for libxine as a display, instead of relying on an MPEG decoder / TV output card.

xine >= 0.99.2 and gxine >= 0.4.0 have built-in support for vdr. Other frontends may need to be patched.

If you want to use the SVDRP ‘grab’ command, you’ll need mjpegtools (from Christian Marillat’s archive) and y4mscaler.

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

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

Install vdr-plugin-xine Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vdr-plugin-xine

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

sudo aptitude -y install vdr-plugin-xine

How To Uninstall vdr-plugin-xine on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vdr-plugin-xine

Uninstall vdr-plugin-xine And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove vdr-plugin-xine Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

vdr-plugin-xine have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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