Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-mpris
on Kali Linux.
What is pidgin-mpris
pidgin-mpris is:
The pidgin-mpris plugin sets the title of a currently playing track
in a user selected MPRIS-compliant media player as your away or
available message.
The following players are supported: VLC (VideoLAN), BMPx, Audacious 1.4.
There are three methods to install pidgin-mpris
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 pidgin-mpris Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pidgin-mpris
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pidgin-mpris
Install pidgin-mpris Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pidgin-mpris
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pidgin-mpris
Install pidgin-mpris 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 pidgin-mpris
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pidgin-mpris
How To Uninstall pidgin-mpris on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pidgin-mpris
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pidgin-mpris
Uninstall pidgin-mpris And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pidgin-mpris
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pidgin-mpris
Remove pidgin-mpris Configurations and Data
To remove pidgin-mpris
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pidgin-mpris
Remove pidgin-mpris configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pidgin-mpris
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pidgin-mpris
Dependencies
pidgin-mpris have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libdbus-1-3
- libdbus-glib-1-2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libpurple0
- pidgin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-mpris
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.