How To Install zvbi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install zvbi on Kali Linux. zvbi is Vertical Blanking Interval (VBI) utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zvbi on Kali Linux.

What is zvbi

zvbi is:

Television broadcasts use the VBI to transmit text such as closed captioning (NTSC), Teletext (PAL/SECAM), and now Intercast and the ATVEC Internet television encodings. The zvbi library is used to capture and decode raw VBI data.

This package contains the following utilities:

  • zvbid, a proxy for VBI devices. It forwards VBI data streams to one or more connected clients and manages channel change requests.
  • zvbi-atsc-cc, a command-line utility that captures ATSC TV transmissions using a Linux DVB device and decodes the enclosed Closed Caption data. It can record both NTSC caption (EIA 608-B) and DTVCC caption (CEA 708-C).
  • zvbi-chains, a wrapper which executes the VBI application given on the command line while overloading several C library calls so that the application can be forced to access VBI devices via the VBI proxy instead of device files directly.
  • zvbi-ntsc-cc, a command-line utility for decoding and capturing closed captioning (CC) for NTSC and webtv.

There are three methods to install zvbi 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 zvbi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zvbi

Install zvbi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install zvbi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install zvbi

Install zvbi 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 zvbi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zvbi

How To Uninstall zvbi on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the zvbi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zvbi

Uninstall zvbi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zvbi

Remove zvbi Configurations and Data

To remove zvbi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zvbi

Remove zvbi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zvbi

Dependencies

zvbi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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