How To Install ffado-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffado-tools on Kali Linux.
What is ffado-tools
ffado-tools is:
FFADO is a Linux driver for FireWire (IEEE1394) audio devices.
The FFADO library permits discovering and configuring such devices and provides an API for streaming clients.
This package holds the following tools for firmware updating, troubleshooting and debugging: * ffado-test-streaming * ffado-diag * ffado-test-isoxmit * ffado-test-isorecv * ffado-bridgeco-downloader * ffado-test * ffado-fireworks-downloader * ffado-debug
There are three methods to install ffado-tools 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 ffado-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ffado-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ffado-toolsInstall ffado-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ffado-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ffado-toolsInstall ffado-tools 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ffado-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ffado-toolsHow To Uninstall ffado-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ffado-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ffado-toolsUninstall ffado-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ffado-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ffado-toolsRemove ffado-tools Configurations and Data
To remove ffado-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ffado-toolsRemove ffado-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ffado-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ffado-toolsDependencies
ffado-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffado-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
