How To Install goobox on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install goobox on Kali Linux. goobox is CD player and ripper with GNOME 3 integration

Introduction

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

What is goobox

goobox is:

Goobox is an CD player and ripper for the GNOME 3 environment. It follows the “Just Works” principle so its interface is beautiful and easy-to-use.

It uses GNOME/GTK+ for its user interface, GStreamer framework for CD playing, and ripping operations, musicbrainz for CD indexing, and Google to search for album cover images.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install goobox

Install goobox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install goobox

Install goobox 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 goobox using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install goobox

How To Uninstall goobox on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove goobox

Uninstall goobox And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove goobox

Remove goobox Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge goobox

Remove goobox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge goobox

Dependencies

goobox have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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