How To Install osspd-alsa on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install osspd-alsa on Kali Linux. osspd-alsa is OSS Proxy Daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install osspd-alsa on Kali Linux.

What is osspd-alsa

osspd-alsa is:

OSS Proxy Daemon is a Linux userland OSS sound device (/dev/[a]dsp and /dev/mixer) implementation using CUSE. Currently it supports forwarding OSS sound streams to PulseAudio and ALSA.

This package contains the experimental ALSA backend for osspd.

There are three methods to install osspd-alsa 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 osspd-alsa Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install osspd-alsa

Install osspd-alsa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install osspd-alsa

Install osspd-alsa 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 osspd-alsa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install osspd-alsa

How To Uninstall osspd-alsa on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the osspd-alsa package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove osspd-alsa

Uninstall osspd-alsa And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove osspd-alsa

Remove osspd-alsa Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge osspd-alsa

Remove osspd-alsa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osspd-alsa

Dependencies

osspd-alsa have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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