How To Install vstream-client on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vstream-client

vstream-client 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.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vstream-client

Install vstream-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vstream-client

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

sudo aptitude -y install vstream-client

How To Uninstall vstream-client on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vstream-client

Uninstall vstream-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vstream-client

Remove vstream-client Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vstream-client

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

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

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

Dependencies

vstream-client have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• vstream-client website

Summary

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