How To Install trx on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install trx on Kali Linux. trx is simple toolset for broadcasting live audio

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install trx on Kali Linux.

What is trx

trx is:

It sends and receives encoded audio over IP networks, via a soundcard or audio interface. It can be used for point-to-point audio links or multicast, eg. private transmitter links for a radio station or other live audio distribution. In contrast to traditional streaming, high quality wideband audio (such as music) can be sent with low-latency, typically as low as a few milliseconds, and incredibly fast recovery from dropouts.

It works favourable as a replacement for traditional ISDN lines and hardware ISDN codecs.

There are three methods to install trx 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 trx Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install trx

Install trx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install trx using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install trx

Install trx 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 trx using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install trx

How To Uninstall trx on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the trx package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove trx

Uninstall trx And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove trx

Remove trx Configurations and Data

To remove trx configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge trx

Remove trx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge trx

Dependencies

trx have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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