How To Install jack-keyboard on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jack-keyboard on Kali Linux.
What is jack-keyboard
jack-keyboard is:
JACK keyboard is a program that allows you to send JACK MIDI events (play ;-) using your PC keyboard. It’s somewhat similar to vkeybd, except it uses JACK MIDI instead of ALSA, and the default keyboard mapping is much better - it uses the same layout as trackers (like Impulse Tracker) did, so you have two and half octaves under your fingers.
There are three methods to install jack-keyboard 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 jack-keyboard Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install jack-keyboard using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install jack-keyboardInstall jack-keyboard Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install jack-keyboard using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install jack-keyboardInstall jack-keyboard 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 jack-keyboard using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install jack-keyboardHow To Uninstall jack-keyboard on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the jack-keyboard package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove jack-keyboardUninstall jack-keyboard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall jack-keyboard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove jack-keyboardRemove jack-keyboard Configurations and Data
To remove jack-keyboard configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge jack-keyboardRemove jack-keyboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove jack-keyboard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jack-keyboardDependencies
jack-keyboard have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jack-keyboard package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.