How To Install gigtools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gigtools on Kali Linux. gigtools is command line tools for Gigasampler and DLS Level 1/2 files

Introduction

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

What is gigtools

gigtools is:

Raw file handling for audio sampler files based on DLS Level 1/2 and Gigasampler. These files are typically used in modern day audio waveform samplers. This package contains the following command line tools:

gigdump: Prints out the content of a .gig file. gigextract: Extracts samples from a .gig file. dlsdump: Prints out the content of a DLS file. rifftree: Prints out the RIFF tree of an arbitrary RIFF container file. sf2dump: Prints out the content of a .sf2 file. sf2extract: Extracts audio samples from a .sf2 file. korgdump: Prints out the content of KORG sound files (.KSF, .KMP). korg2gig: Converts KORG (.KSF, .KMP) sound files to GigaStudio (.gig) files. akaidump: Dump an AKAI media i.e. from a CDROM drive as disk image file to your HD. akaiextract: Extracts audio samples from an AKAI media or from an AKAI disk image file.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gigtools

Install gigtools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gigtools

Install gigtools 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 gigtools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gigtools

How To Uninstall gigtools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gigtools

Uninstall gigtools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gigtools

Remove gigtools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gigtools

Remove gigtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gigtools

Dependencies

gigtools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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