How To Install pipewire-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pipewire-doc on Kali Linux. pipewire-doc is libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pipewire-doc on Kali Linux.

What is pipewire-doc

pipewire-doc is:

PipeWire is a server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines. This includes:

  • Making available sources of video (such as from a capture devices or application provided streams) and multiplexing this with clients.
  • Accessing sources of video for consumption.
  • Generating graphs for audio and video processing.

This package contains the API reference.

There are three methods to install pipewire-doc 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 pipewire-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pipewire-doc

Install pipewire-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pipewire-doc

Install pipewire-doc 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 pipewire-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pipewire-doc

How To Uninstall pipewire-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pipewire-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pipewire-doc

Uninstall pipewire-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pipewire-doc

Remove pipewire-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pipewire-doc

Remove pipewire-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pipewire-doc

Dependencies

pipewire-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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