How To Install pipewire-tests on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pipewire-tests on Kali Linux.
What is pipewire-tests
pipewire-tests 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 automated and manual tests and example programs.
There are three methods to install pipewire-tests 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-tests Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pipewire-tests using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pipewire-testsInstall pipewire-tests Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pipewire-tests using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pipewire-testsInstall pipewire-tests 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pipewire-tests using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pipewire-testsHow To Uninstall pipewire-tests on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pipewire-tests package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pipewire-testsUninstall pipewire-tests And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pipewire-tests and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pipewire-testsRemove pipewire-tests Configurations and Data
To remove pipewire-tests configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pipewire-testsRemove pipewire-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pipewire-tests configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pipewire-testsDependencies
pipewire-tests have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pipewire-tests package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
