How To Install pms on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pms on Kali Linux. pms is Practical Music Search, an MPD client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pms on Kali Linux.

What is pms

pms is:

PMS is an ncurses based client for Music Player Daemon. It aims to be accessible and highly configurable, with a light but powerful interface much like Vim, and supports custom colors, layouts, and key bindings

There are three methods to install pms on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pms Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pms using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pms

Install pms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pms using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pms

Install pms Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux 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 apt database, We can install pms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pms

How To Uninstall pms on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pms package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pms

Uninstall pms And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pms

Remove pms Configurations and Data

To remove pms configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pms

Remove pms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pms

Dependencies

pms have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pms package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.