How To Install libatopology2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libatopology2 on Kali Linux. libatopology2 is shared library for handling ALSA topology definitions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libatopology2 on Kali Linux.

What is libatopology2

libatopology2 is:

This package contains the ALSA topology library.

ALSA is the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture.

There are three methods to install libatopology2 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 libatopology2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libatopology2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libatopology2

Install libatopology2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libatopology2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libatopology2

Install libatopology2 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 libatopology2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libatopology2

How To Uninstall libatopology2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libatopology2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libatopology2

Uninstall libatopology2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libatopology2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libatopology2

Remove libatopology2 Configurations and Data

To remove libatopology2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libatopology2

Remove libatopology2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libatopology2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libatopology2

Dependencies

libatopology2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libatopology2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.