How To Install cuetools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cuetools on Kali Linux. cuetools is tools for manipulating CUE/TOC files

Introduction

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

What is cuetools

cuetools is:

cuetools is a set of programs that are useful for manipulating CUE sheet (cue) files and Table of Contents (toc) files. CUE and TOC files are a way to represent the layout of a data or audio CD in a machine-readable ASCII format. The package includes these utilities:

- cueconvert: convert between CUE and TOC formats
- cuebreakpoints: print the breakpoints from a CUE or TOC file
- cueprint: print disc and track information for a CUE or TOC file
- cuetag: tag files based on CUE/TOC file information

Probably the most popular use is to split a large audio file into many small files according to a CUE or TOC, for example:

cuebreakpoints disc.cue | shnsplit disc.wav

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cuetools

Install cuetools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cuetools

Install cuetools 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 cuetools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cuetools

How To Uninstall cuetools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cuetools

Uninstall cuetools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cuetools

Remove cuetools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cuetools

Remove cuetools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cuetools

Dependencies

cuetools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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