How To Install libaudgui5 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudgui5 on Kali Linux. libaudgui5 is audacious media player (libaudgui shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudgui5 on Kali Linux.

What is libaudgui5

libaudgui5 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 provides the libaudgui shared library.

There are three methods to install libaudgui5 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 libaudgui5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libaudgui5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libaudgui5

Install libaudgui5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libaudgui5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libaudgui5

Install libaudgui5 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 libaudgui5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaudgui5

How To Uninstall libaudgui5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libaudgui5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaudgui5

Uninstall libaudgui5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libaudgui5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaudgui5

Remove libaudgui5 Configurations and Data

To remove libaudgui5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libaudgui5

Remove libaudgui5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libaudgui5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaudgui5

Dependencies

libaudgui5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudgui5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.