How To Install mpc123 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpc123 on Kali Linux. mpc123 is command-line Musepack audio player

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpc123 on Kali Linux.

What is mpc123

mpc123 is:

mpc123 is a command-line player for the Musepack audio compression format (MPC).

MPC is a lossy compression format like MP3 or Ogg Vorbis. It is based on the MPEG-1 Layer-2 / MP2 algorithms, but has been vastly improved.

Ability to play remote files is not implemented.

There are three methods to install mpc123 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 mpc123 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mpc123 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mpc123

Install mpc123 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mpc123 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mpc123

Install mpc123 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 mpc123 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mpc123

How To Uninstall mpc123 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mpc123 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mpc123

Uninstall mpc123 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mpc123 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpc123

Remove mpc123 Configurations and Data

To remove mpc123 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mpc123

Remove mpc123 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mpc123 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpc123

Dependencies

mpc123 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpc123 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.