How To Install vstream-client-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vstream-client-dev on Kali Linux.

What is vstream-client-dev

vstream-client-dev is:

Vstream-client is a fork off of the vstream library from the tivo-mplayer project. It has been stripped down to just the client code, and includes an example client application. If you have vserver installed on your Tivo (which most tivo hackers do), then you can use this simple client to stream .ty files from it. MPlayer includes support for this library. This library can be used by MPlayer/MEncoder to watch/re-encode tivo streams live over a network.

This package contains the headers for development.

There are three methods to install vstream-client-dev 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 vstream-client-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vstream-client-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vstream-client-dev

Install vstream-client-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vstream-client-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vstream-client-dev

Install vstream-client-dev 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 vstream-client-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vstream-client-dev

How To Uninstall vstream-client-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vstream-client-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vstream-client-dev

Uninstall vstream-client-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vstream-client-dev

Remove vstream-client-dev Configurations and Data

To remove vstream-client-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vstream-client-dev

Remove vstream-client-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vstream-client-dev

Dependencies

vstream-client-dev have the following dependencies:

References

• vstream-client-dev website

Summary

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