How To Install jack-stdio on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jack-stdio on Kali Linux.

What is jack-stdio

jack-stdio is:

jack-stdout is a small tool that writes JACK audio-sample data to buffered standard output. jack-stdin reads raw audio data from standard input and writes it to a JACK audio port.

By default jack-stdout writes 16 bit signed integer raw audio data (much like mpg123 -s at JACK’s samplerate, but it can output signed/unsigned 8/16/24/32 bit integer and 32bit floating-point data, both big/little endian.

There are three methods to install jack-stdio 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-stdio Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install jack-stdio

Install jack-stdio Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install jack-stdio

Install jack-stdio 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 jack-stdio using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jack-stdio

How To Uninstall jack-stdio on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the jack-stdio package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove jack-stdio

Uninstall jack-stdio And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jack-stdio

Remove jack-stdio Configurations and Data

To remove jack-stdio configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge jack-stdio

Remove jack-stdio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jack-stdio

Dependencies

jack-stdio have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libjack-jackd2-0
• jackd

References

• jack-stdio website

Summary

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