How To Install phonon4qt5-backend-null on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install phonon4qt5-backend-null on Kali Linux. phonon4qt5-backend-null is multimedia framework from KDE using Qt 5 - null back-end (no real back-end)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install phonon4qt5-backend-null on Kali Linux.

What is phonon4qt5-backend-null

phonon4qt5-backend-null is:

Phonon is a Qt 5 multimedia API, which provides a task-oriented abstraction layer for capturing, mixing, processing, and playing audio and video content.

This package does not provide any real Phonon back-end. It can be used to disable Phonon audio/video capabilities. Please note that Phonon behavior with this package installed has not been well tested.

There are three methods to install phonon4qt5-backend-null 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 phonon4qt5-backend-null Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install phonon4qt5-backend-null using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install phonon4qt5-backend-null

Install phonon4qt5-backend-null Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install phonon4qt5-backend-null using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install phonon4qt5-backend-null

Install phonon4qt5-backend-null 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 phonon4qt5-backend-null using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phonon4qt5-backend-null

How To Uninstall phonon4qt5-backend-null on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the phonon4qt5-backend-null package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove phonon4qt5-backend-null

Uninstall phonon4qt5-backend-null And Its Dependencies

To uninstall phonon4qt5-backend-null and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phonon4qt5-backend-null

Remove phonon4qt5-backend-null Configurations and Data

To remove phonon4qt5-backend-null configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge phonon4qt5-backend-null

Remove phonon4qt5-backend-null configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove phonon4qt5-backend-null configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phonon4qt5-backend-null

Dependencies

phonon4qt5-backend-null have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install phonon4qt5-backend-null package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.