How To Install glassgui on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glassgui on Kali Linux.
What is glassgui
glassgui is:
GlassCoder is a minimalist audio encoder for IceCase and Soutcase streaming servers as well as HTTP Live Streaming (HLS). It supports the following audio sources:
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) File Streaming (FILE) JACK Audio Connection Kit (JACK)
The base GlassCoder streamer component utilizes no configuration files or GUI interface whatsoever; with the ‘user interface’ consisting entirely of the command-line invocation. As such, it is well suited for use cases where the encoder is completely driven by an external system or script.
The following audio codecs are supported:
MPEG-1/1.5 Layer 3 (‘MP3’) Ogg Opus Ogg Vorbis PCM16
This package contains GlassGui, a graphical point-and-click interface that can be used to drive GlassCoder or generate command-line invocations that can be copy/pasted to other systems
There are three methods to install glassgui 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 glassgui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install glassgui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glassguiInstall glassgui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install glassgui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glassguiInstall glassgui 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install glassgui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glassguiHow To Uninstall glassgui on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the glassgui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glassguiUninstall glassgui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glassgui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glassguiRemove glassgui Configurations and Data
To remove glassgui configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glassguiRemove glassgui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glassgui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glassguiDependencies
glassgui have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glassgui package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.