How To Install totem-plugins on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install totem-plugins on Kali Linux. totem-plugins is Plugins for the Totem media player

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install totem-plugins on Kali Linux.

What is totem-plugins

totem-plugins is:

Totem is a simple yet featureful media player for GNOME which can read a large number of file formats.

This package contains a set of recommended plugins for Totem:

* Control Totem with an Infrared remote control
* Control Totem with the keyboard's media player keys
* Display movie properties
* Deactivate the screensaver when a movie is playing
* Skip to a defined time in the movie
* Set the away status in the instant messenger when a movie is
  playing
* Control totem with a mobile phone using the Bluetooth protocol
* Share the current playlist via HTTP
* Search, browse for and play videos from YouTube

Additional plugins can be written in C or Python.

There are three methods to install totem-plugins 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 totem-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install totem-plugins

Install totem-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install totem-plugins

Install totem-plugins 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 totem-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install totem-plugins

How To Uninstall totem-plugins on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the totem-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove totem-plugins

Uninstall totem-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove totem-plugins

Remove totem-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove totem-plugins configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge totem-plugins

Remove totem-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge totem-plugins

Dependencies

totem-plugins have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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