How To Install flvstreamer on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is flvstreamer

flvstreamer is:

Command-line RTMP client intended to stream audio or video content from all types of Flash or RTMP servers.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install flvstreamer

Install flvstreamer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install flvstreamer

Install flvstreamer 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 flvstreamer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install flvstreamer

How To Uninstall flvstreamer on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove flvstreamer

Uninstall flvstreamer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove flvstreamer

Remove flvstreamer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge flvstreamer

Remove flvstreamer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flvstreamer

Dependencies

flvstreamer have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• flvstreamer website

Summary

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