How To Install alsa-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-utils on Kali Linux. alsa-utils is Utilities for configuring and using ALSA

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-utils on Kali Linux.

What is alsa-utils

alsa-utils is:

Included tools:

  • alsactl: advanced controls for ALSA sound drivers
  • alsaloop: create loopbacks between PCM capture and playback devices
  • alsamixer: curses mixer
  • alsaucm: alsa use case manager
  • amixer: command line mixer
  • amidi: read from and write to ALSA RawMIDI ports
  • aplay, arecord: command line playback and recording
  • aplaymidi, arecordmidi: command line MIDI playback and recording
  • aconnect, aseqnet, aseqdump: command line MIDI sequencer control
  • iecset: set or dump IEC958 status bits
  • speaker-test: speaker test tone generator

ALSA is the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture.

There are three methods to install alsa-utils 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 alsa-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install alsa-utils

Install alsa-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install alsa-utils

Install alsa-utils 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 alsa-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install alsa-utils

How To Uninstall alsa-utils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the alsa-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove alsa-utils

Uninstall alsa-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove alsa-utils

Remove alsa-utils Configurations and Data

To remove alsa-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge alsa-utils

Remove alsa-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alsa-utils

Dependencies

alsa-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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