How To Install aegisub on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is aegisub

aegisub is:

Originally created as tool to make typesetting, particularly in anime fansubs, a less painful experience, Aegisub has grown into a fully fledged, highly customizable subtitle editor.

It features a lot of convenient tools to help you with timing, typesetting, editing and translating subtitles, as well as a powerful scripting environment called Automation (originally mostly intended for creating karaoke effects, Automation can now be used much else, including creating macros and various other convenient tools).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aegisub

Install aegisub Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aegisub

Install aegisub 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 aegisub using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aegisub

How To Uninstall aegisub on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove aegisub

Uninstall aegisub And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aegisub

Remove aegisub Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge aegisub

Remove aegisub configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aegisub

Dependencies

aegisub have the following dependencies:

• libasound2
• libass9

References

• aegisub website

Summary

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