How To Install zvbi-atsc-cc 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 zvbi

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

What is zvbi-atsc-cc 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 zvbi-atsc-cc 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 zvbi-atsc-cc 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 zvbi-atsc-cc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install zvbi

Install zvbi-atsc-cc using apt

Because zvbi-atsc-cc 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 zvbi-atsc-cc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install zvbi

Install zvbi-atsc-cc 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 zvbi-atsc-cc by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zvbi

How to upgrade (update) a single package zvbi-atsc-cc 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 zvbi-atsc-cc, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install zvbi

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 zvbi

How To Uninstall zvbi-atsc-cc from Kali Linux

To uninstall only the zvbi-atsc-cc package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zvbi

Uninstall zvbi-atsc-cc and all its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zvbi

Remove zvbi-atsc-cc with all configurations and data

To remove zvbi-atsc-cc configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zvbi

Remove zvbi-atsc-cc completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zvbi

Extra info and code examples

Television broadcasts use the VBI to transmit text such as closed captioning (NTSC), Teletext (PAL/SECAM), and now Intercast and the ATVEC Internet television encodings. The zvbi library is used to capture and decode raw VBI data. This package contains the following utilities: * zvbid, a proxy for VBI devices. It forwards VBI data streams to one or more connected clients and manages channel change requests. * zvbi-atsc-cc, a command-line utility that captures ATSC TV transmissions using a Linux DVB device and decodes the enclosed Closed Caption data. It can record both NTSC caption (EIA 608-B) and DTVCC caption (CEA 708-C). * zvbi-chains, a wrapper which executes the VBI application given on the command line while overloading several C library calls so that the application can be forced to access VBI devices via the VBI proxy instead of device files directly. * zvbi-ntsc-cc, a command-line utility for decoding and capturing closed captioning (CC) for NTSC and webtv.

Conclusion

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

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