How To Install cava on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cava

cava is:

C.A.V.A. is a bar spectrum audio visualizer for the Linux terminal using ALSA, pulseaudio or fifo buffer for input. This program is not intended for scientific use. It’s written to look responsive and aesthetic when used to visualize music.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cava

Install cava Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cava

Install cava 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 cava using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cava

How To Uninstall cava on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cava

Uninstall cava And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cava

Remove cava Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cava

Remove cava configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cava

Dependencies

cava have the following dependencies:

• libasound2
• libc6
• libfftw3-double3
• libiniparser1
• libncursesw6
• libpulse0
• libtinfo6

References

• cava website

Summary

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