How To Install streamer on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is streamer

streamer is:

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

This package provides a tool to capture single/multiple images or
record movies from a video4linux device.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install streamer

Install streamer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install streamer

Install streamer 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 streamer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install streamer

How To Uninstall streamer on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove streamer

Uninstall streamer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove streamer

Remove streamer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge streamer

Remove streamer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge streamer

Dependencies

streamer have the following dependencies:

• xawtv-plugins
• libc6
• libjpeg62-turbo

References

• streamer website

Summary

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