How To Install cx18-ctl on Kali Linux

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install v4l-utils

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is cx18-ctl and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Kali Linux. This guide was written specifically with a server running Kali Linux in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install cx18-ctl on Kali Linux. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install cx18-ctl using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install cx18-ctl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install v4l-utils

Install cx18-ctl using apt

Because cx18-ctl is available in Kali Linux’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install cx18-ctl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install v4l-utils

Install cx18-ctl using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 aptitude database, You can install cx18-ctl by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install v4l-utils

How to upgrade (update) a single package cx18-ctl using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the cx18-ctl, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install v4l-utils

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install v4l-utils

How To Uninstall cx18-ctl from Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cx18-ctl package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove v4l-utils

Uninstall cx18-ctl and all its dependencies

To uninstall cx18-ctl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove v4l-utils

Remove cx18-ctl with all configurations and data

To remove cx18-ctl configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge v4l-utils

Remove cx18-ctl completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to cx18-ctl package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge v4l-utils

Extra info and code examples

v4l-utils contains the following video4linux command line utilities: decode_tm6000: decodes tm6000 proprietary format streams rds-ctl: tool to receive and decode Radio Data System (RDS) streams v4l2-compliance: tool to test v4l2 API compliance of drivers v4l2-ctl, cx18-ctl, ivtv-ctl: tools to control v4l2 controls from the cmdline v4l2-dbg: tool to directly get and set registers of v4l2 devices v4l2-sysfs-path: sysfs helper tool

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install cx18-ctl using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the cx18-ctl from Kali Linux.

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