How To Install volumeicon-alsa on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install volumeicon-alsa on Kali Linux.
What is volumeicon-alsa
volumeicon-alsa is:
This is a lightweight volume control that sits in your systray. This version is compatible with ALSA. Features: * Change volume by scrolling on the systray icon * Ability to choose which channel to control * Configurable stepsize (percentage of volume increase/decrease per scrollwheel step) * Several icon themes (with gtk theme as default) * Configurable external mixer * Volume slider
There are three methods to install volumeicon-alsa 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 volumeicon-alsa Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install volumeicon-alsa using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install volumeicon-alsaInstall volumeicon-alsa Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install volumeicon-alsa using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install volumeicon-alsaInstall volumeicon-alsa 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 volumeicon-alsa using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install volumeicon-alsaHow To Uninstall volumeicon-alsa on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the volumeicon-alsa package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove volumeicon-alsaUninstall volumeicon-alsa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall volumeicon-alsa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove volumeicon-alsaRemove volumeicon-alsa Configurations and Data
To remove volumeicon-alsa configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge volumeicon-alsaRemove volumeicon-alsa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove volumeicon-alsa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge volumeicon-alsaDependencies
volumeicon-alsa have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install volumeicon-alsa package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
