How To Install libaudclient2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudclient2 on Kali Linux. libaudclient2 is audacious D-Bus remote control library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudclient2 on Kali Linux.

What is libaudclient2

libaudclient2 is:

Audacious is a fork of beep-media-player which supports Winamp skins and many codecs.

In the default install, the following codecs are supported:

  • MP3
  • Ogg Vorbis / Theora
  • AAC and AAC+
  • FLAC
  • ALAC
  • Windows Media (WMA)
  • WAVE

Additionally, Audacious is extendable through plugins, and contains other useful features like LIRC support. Support for many more codecs can also be added through plugins.

This package contains a library used to remote control audacious.

There are three methods to install libaudclient2 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 libaudclient2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libaudclient2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libaudclient2

Install libaudclient2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libaudclient2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libaudclient2

Install libaudclient2 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 libaudclient2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaudclient2

How To Uninstall libaudclient2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libaudclient2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaudclient2

Uninstall libaudclient2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libaudclient2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaudclient2

Remove libaudclient2 Configurations and Data

To remove libaudclient2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libaudclient2

Remove libaudclient2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libaudclient2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaudclient2

Dependencies

libaudclient2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudclient2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.