How to Install and Uninstall w-scan Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "w-scan" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install w-scan on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                w-scan
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "w-scan" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                w-scan
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the w-scan package on Kali Linux

Package: w-scan
Version: 20170107-2.1
Installed-Size: 442
Maintainer: Debian VDR Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Size: 130596
SHA256: 988ad81e5ebd2372bdbf89839c353402bf067339a52b9e5a67578f26ab1d9264
SHA1: a1b137423b1545eb0903ad003eb0fa64cf505718
MD5sum: 78c38c9285778c4ea2d07e7e3e2858c9
Description: Channel scanning tool for DVB and ATSC channels
w_scan scans for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T, DVB-C and ATSC channels and creates a
channels.conf, that can be used directly by the Linux Video Disc Recorder VDR.
It is also possible to output channels in a format readable by the
czap/tzap tools provided by linuxtv-dvb-zap, xine, totem, kaffeine or me-tv.
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Unlike the scan utility in linuxtv-dvb-apps, there is no need to specify
an initial transponder and w_scan automatically detects the DVB or ATSC
card to be used.
Description-md5:
Tag: hardware::video, implemented-in::c, role::program, use::searching
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/w-scan/w-scan_20170107-2.1_amd64.deb