How to Install and Uninstall playerctl Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "playerctl" package

Please follow the steps below to install playerctl on Kali Linux

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install playerctl

2. Uninstall "playerctl" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall playerctl on Kali Linux:

$ sudo apt remove playerctl $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the playerctl package on Kali Linux

Package: playerctl
Source: playerctl (2.4.1-2)
Version: 2.4.1-2+b1
Installed-Size: 130
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.40.0), libplayerctl2 (>= 2.4.1), dbus
Suggests: audacious, cmus, mopidy, mpd, mpv, quodlibet, rhythmbox-plugins, vlc
Enhances: awesome, i3-wm, xmonad
Size: 36036
SHA256: 2ce50ceaa6b1aa1ca15b03bdb623ebe9ecc00e4860643813f58b65b9e4efb2b6
SHA1: 659bd188b48359d566f85d205d8f3f8787d89247
MD5sum: 72d28715eb586718c19401b47c98b5f0
Description: utility to control media players via MPRIS
Playerctl is a command-line utility and library for controlling media players
that implement the MPRIS D-Bus Interface Specification. Compatible players
include audacious, cmus, mopidy, mpd, mpv, quod libet, rhythmbox, spotify,
and vlc.
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Playerctl makes it easy to bind player actions, such as play and pause,
to media keys. Playerctl also provides an introspectable library accessible
in many popular scripting languages that allows more detailed control like
the ability to subscribe to media player events or get metadata such as
artist and title for the playing track.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl
Section: sound
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/playerctl/playerctl_2.4.1-2+b1_amd64.deb