How To Install vlc-plugin-notify on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-notify on Kali Linux.
What is vlc-plugin-notify
vlc-plugin-notify is:
VLC is the VideoLAN project’s media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
This plugin adds support for libnotify track change notification to the VLC media player.
There are three methods to install vlc-plugin-notify 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 vlc-plugin-notify Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-notify using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-notifyInstall vlc-plugin-notify Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-notify using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-notifyInstall vlc-plugin-notify 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-notify using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-notifyHow To Uninstall vlc-plugin-notify on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-notify package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-notifyUninstall vlc-plugin-notify And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vlc-plugin-notify and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-plugin-notifyRemove vlc-plugin-notify Configurations and Data
To remove vlc-plugin-notify configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-notifyRemove vlc-plugin-notify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vlc-plugin-notify configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-notifyDependencies
vlc-plugin-notify have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-notify package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.