How To Install hacktv on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hacktv
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is hacktv
hacktv is:
This is a program to generate a PAL/NTSC video signal from a video file or test pattern. Input is any file type or URL supported by ffmpeg. Output can be to a file or directly to a HackRF.
- Teletext support
- NICAM stereo audio
- Rudimentary Videocrypt I hardware support
There are three methods to install hacktv
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hacktv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hacktv
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hacktv
Install hacktv Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hacktv
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hacktv
Install hacktv Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install hacktv
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hacktv
How To Uninstall hacktv on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the hacktv
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hacktv
Uninstall hacktv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hacktv
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hacktv
Remove hacktv Configurations and Data
To remove hacktv
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hacktv
Remove hacktv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hacktv
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hacktv
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hacktv
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.