How To Install xawtv-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xawtv-tools on Kali Linux. xawtv-tools is television viewer - tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xawtv-tools on Kali Linux.

What is xawtv-tools

xawtv-tools is:

XawTV is a set of software for watching and recording television channels and webcams.

This package provides some tools that may be useful with xawtv:

  • propwatch: monitors properties of X11 windows. Helps to keep track of xawtv’s _XAWTV_STATION property;
  • dump-mixers: dumps mixer settings to stdout;
  • record: console sound recorder. It has a simple input level meter which might be useful for troubleshooting sound problems;
  • showriff: display the structure of RIFF files (avi, wav).

There are three methods to install xawtv-tools 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 xawtv-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xawtv-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xawtv-tools

Install xawtv-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xawtv-tools

Install xawtv-tools 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 xawtv-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xawtv-tools

How To Uninstall xawtv-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the xawtv-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xawtv-tools

Uninstall xawtv-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xawtv-tools

Remove xawtv-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xawtv-tools

Remove xawtv-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xawtv-tools

Dependencies

xawtv-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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