How To Install libgsound-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsound-dev on Kali Linux. libgsound-dev is small library for playing system sounds (devel)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsound-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libgsound-dev

libgsound-dev is:

GSound is a small library for playing system sounds. It’s designed to be used via GObject Introspection, and is a thin wrapper around the libcanberra C library.

This package contains the static library and development headers.

There are three methods to install libgsound-dev 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 libgsound-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgsound-dev

Install libgsound-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgsound-dev

Install libgsound-dev 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 libgsound-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgsound-dev

How To Uninstall libgsound-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgsound-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgsound-dev

Uninstall libgsound-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgsound-dev

Remove libgsound-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgsound-dev

Remove libgsound-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgsound-dev

Dependencies

libgsound-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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