How To Install roaraudio on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install roaraudio on Kali Linux.
What is roaraudio
roaraudio is:
RoarAudio is a system for audio mixing. Its main purpose is to mix audio from different clients before sending it to its outputs (for example a soundcard). It is completely network transparent (UNIX sockets, TCP/IP, DECnet) and supports many common codecs like Ogg Vorbis, Speex or FLAC.
This package contains the RoarAudio sound server “roard” implementing the RoarAudio protocol.
There are three methods to install roaraudio 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 roaraudio Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install roaraudio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install roaraudioInstall roaraudio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install roaraudio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install roaraudioInstall roaraudio 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 roaraudio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install roaraudioHow To Uninstall roaraudio on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the roaraudio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove roaraudioUninstall roaraudio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall roaraudio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove roaraudioRemove roaraudio Configurations and Data
To remove roaraudio configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge roaraudioRemove roaraudio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove roaraudio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge roaraudioDependencies
roaraudio have the following dependencies:
- libao4
- libasound2
- libc6
- libfishsound1
- libogg0
- liboggz2
- libportaudio2
- libroar2
- libshout3
- libsndfile1
- libspeex1
- libvorbis0a
- libvorbisenc2
- libvorbisfile3
- libroar-compat2
- libroar-compat-tools
- roarclients
- lsb-base
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install roaraudio package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
