How To Install libao4 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libao4
on Kali Linux.
What is libao4
libao4 is:
Libao is a cross-platform audio library that allows programs to output audio using a simple API on a wide variety of platforms. It currently supports:
- Null output (handy for testing without a sound device)
- WAV files
- AU files
- OSS (Open Sound System, used on Linux and FreeBSD)
- ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
- PulseAudio (next generation GNOME sound server)
- and several others.
There are three methods to install libao4
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 libao4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libao4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libao4
Install libao4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libao4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libao4
Install libao4 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 libao4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libao4
How To Uninstall libao4 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libao4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libao4
Uninstall libao4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libao4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libao4
Remove libao4 Configurations and Data
To remove libao4
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libao4
Remove libao4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libao4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libao4
Dependencies
libao4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libao4
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.