How To Install kwave on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwave on Kali Linux. kwave is sound editor for KDE

Introduction

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

What is kwave

kwave is:

Kwave is a sound editor designed for the KDE Desktop Environment.

With Kwave you can record, play back, import and edit many sorts of audio files including multi-channel files.

Kwave includes some plugins to transform audio files in several ways and presents a graphical view with a complete zoom- and scroll capability.

Its features include:

  • 24 Bit Support
  • Undo/Redo
  • Use of multicore CPUs (SMP, hyperthreading)
  • Simple Drag & Drop
  • Realtime Pre-Listen for some effects
  • Support for multi-track files
  • Playback and recording via native ALSA, PulseAudio (or OSS deprecated)
  • Playback via Phonon
  • Load and edit-capability for large files (can use virtual memory)
  • Reading and auto-repair of damaged wav-files
  • Supports multiple windows
  • Extendable Plugin interface
  • a nice splashscreen
  • some label handling

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kwave

Install kwave Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kwave

Install kwave 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 kwave using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kwave

How To Uninstall kwave on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kwave

Uninstall kwave And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kwave

Remove kwave Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kwave

Remove kwave configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kwave

Dependencies

kwave have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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