How To Install csound on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install csound on Kali Linux. csound is powerful and versatile sound synthesis software

Introduction

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

What is csound

csound is:

Csound is a sound and music synthesis system. Drawing from over 450 signal processing modules, it can be used to model virtually any synthesizer or multi-effect processor. It can work either in real-time or as a compiler.

Csound is to sound synthesis as C is to programming.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install csound

Install csound Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install csound

Install csound 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 csound using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install csound

How To Uninstall csound on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove csound

Uninstall csound And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove csound

Remove csound Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge csound

Remove csound configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge csound

Dependencies

csound have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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