How To Install faac on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install faac on Kali Linux. faac is AAC audio encoder (frontend)

Introduction

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

What is faac

faac is:

The FAAC project includes the AAC encoder FAAC and decoder FAAD2. It supports several MPEG-4 object types (LC, Main, LTP, HE AAC, PS) and file formats (ADTS AAC, raw AAC, MP4), multichannel and gapless en/decoding as well as MP4 metadata tags. The codecs are compatible with standard-compliant audio applications using one or more of these profiles.

This package contains the frontend.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install faac

Install faac Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install faac

Install faac 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 faac using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install faac

How To Uninstall faac on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove faac

Uninstall faac And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove faac

Remove faac Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge faac

Remove faac configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge faac

Dependencies

faac have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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