How To Install bplay on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bplay on Kali Linux.
What is bplay
The bplay package provides a simple command-line utility for playing and recording audio files in raw sample, VOC and WAV formats.
To use this program you need a soundcard of some kind and the appropriate driver configured into your kernel.
When run the program creates two processes which share a memory buffer. It does reading/writing on the disk and the sound device simultaneously, in order to be less liable to `pause’ because the disk is too slow or too busy.
There are three ways to install bplay 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 bplay Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bplay using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bplay
Install bplay Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bplay using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bplay
Install bplay Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 bplay using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bplay
How To Uninstall bplay on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the bplay package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bplay
Uninstall bplay And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bplay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bplay
Remove bplay Configurations and Data
To remove bplay configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bplay
Remove bplay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bplay configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bplay
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bplay using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.