How To Install jackd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is jackd

jackd is:

JACK is a low-latency sound server, allowing multiple applications to connect to one audio device, and to share audio between themselves.

This dummy package depends on the current default JACK implementation.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install jackd

Install jackd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install jackd

Install jackd 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 jackd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jackd

How To Uninstall jackd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove jackd

Uninstall jackd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jackd

Remove jackd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge jackd

Remove jackd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jackd

Dependencies

jackd have the following dependencies:

• jackd2

References

• jackd website

Summary

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