How To Install alsaplayer-jack on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsaplayer-jack on Kali Linux.

What is alsaplayer-jack

alsaplayer-jack is:

This package provides a module for alsaplayer, an audio player, that will output the sound through JACK.

There are three methods to install alsaplayer-jack 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 alsaplayer-jack Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install alsaplayer-jack

Install alsaplayer-jack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install alsaplayer-jack

Install alsaplayer-jack 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 alsaplayer-jack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install alsaplayer-jack

How To Uninstall alsaplayer-jack on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the alsaplayer-jack package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove alsaplayer-jack

Uninstall alsaplayer-jack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove alsaplayer-jack

Remove alsaplayer-jack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge alsaplayer-jack

Remove alsaplayer-jack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alsaplayer-jack

Dependencies

alsaplayer-jack have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• alsaplayer-jack website

Summary

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