How to Install and Uninstall xawtv-tools Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "xawtv-tools" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install xawtv-tools on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xawtv-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xawtv-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall xawtv-tools on Kali Linux:


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

Package: xawtv-tools
Source: xawtv
Version: 3.107-2
Installed-Size: 127
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libx11-6, libxaw7 (>= 2:1.0.14), libxt6
Size: 49076
SHA256: c3926d98eb3ff8357892773aac697d5fac2096e5837a914a5fc090572bd97cce
SHA1: fd31d2d16bbb4b9fd6d93ff5d3fbb0cf0e0b5e87
MD5sum: 77fa73f93cb98b608589c209be5e5873
Description: television viewer - tools
XawTV is a set of software for watching and recording television channels and
webcams.
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This package provides some tools that may be useful with xawtv:
- propwatch: monitors properties of X11 windows. Helps to
keep track of xawtv's _XAWTV_STATION property;
- dump-mixers: dumps mixer settings to stdout;
- record: console sound recorder. It has a simple input
level meter which might be useful for
troubleshooting sound problems;
- showriff: display the structure of RIFF files (avi, wav).
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Xawtv
Tag: hardware::video, implemented-in::c, interface::graphical,
interface::text-mode, interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility,
uitoolkit::athena, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::configuring, use::viewing,
works-with::audio, works-with::video, x11::application
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xawtv/xawtv-tools_3.107-2_amd64.deb