How To Install jalv on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is jalv

jalv is:

jalv is a stand-alone version of lv2jack that supports plugin UIs via libsuil. It allows one to run an LV2 plugin as a JACK application.

This package contains a replacement for the lv2jack utility, which was previously provided by the lilv-utils package.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install jalv

Install jalv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install jalv

Install jalv 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 jalv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jalv

How To Uninstall jalv on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove jalv

Uninstall jalv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jalv

Remove jalv Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge jalv

Remove jalv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jalv

Dependencies

jalv have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libjack-jackd2-0
• liblilv-0-0
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5widgets5
• libserd-0-0
• libsratom-0-0
• libstdc++6
• libsuil-0-0

References

• jalv website

Summary

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