How To Install kio-audiocd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kio-audiocd on Kali Linux. kio-audiocd is transparent audio CD access for applications using the KDE Platform

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kio-audiocd on Kali Linux.

What is kio-audiocd

kio-audiocd is:

This package includes the audiocd KIO plugin, which allows applications using the KDE Platform to read audio from CDs and automatically convert it into other formats.

This package is part of the KDE multimedia module.

There are three methods to install kio-audiocd 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 kio-audiocd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kio-audiocd

Install kio-audiocd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kio-audiocd

Install kio-audiocd 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 kio-audiocd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kio-audiocd

How To Uninstall kio-audiocd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kio-audiocd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kio-audiocd

Uninstall kio-audiocd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kio-audiocd

Remove kio-audiocd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kio-audiocd

Remove kio-audiocd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kio-audiocd

Dependencies

kio-audiocd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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