How To Install libalsaplayer-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libalsaplayer-dev on Kali Linux. libalsaplayer-dev is alsaplayer plugin library (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libalsaplayer-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libalsaplayer-dev

libalsaplayer-dev is:

This package contains the development files for the alsaplayer interface library to create your own alsaplayer plugins.

There are three methods to install libalsaplayer-dev 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 libalsaplayer-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libalsaplayer-dev

Install libalsaplayer-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libalsaplayer-dev

Install libalsaplayer-dev 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 libalsaplayer-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libalsaplayer-dev

How To Uninstall libalsaplayer-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libalsaplayer-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libalsaplayer-dev

Uninstall libalsaplayer-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libalsaplayer-dev

Remove libalsaplayer-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libalsaplayer-dev

Remove libalsaplayer-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libalsaplayer-dev

Dependencies

libalsaplayer-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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