How To Install libcanberra-pulse on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcanberra-pulse on Kali Linux.

What is libcanberra-pulse

libcanberra-pulse is:

libcanberra defines a simple abstract interface for playing event sounds.

This package contains the PulseAudio backend for libcanberra.

There are three methods to install libcanberra-pulse 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 libcanberra-pulse Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcanberra-pulse

Install libcanberra-pulse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcanberra-pulse

Install libcanberra-pulse 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 libcanberra-pulse using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcanberra-pulse

How To Uninstall libcanberra-pulse on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcanberra-pulse package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcanberra-pulse

Uninstall libcanberra-pulse And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcanberra-pulse

Remove libcanberra-pulse Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcanberra-pulse

Remove libcanberra-pulse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcanberra-pulse

Dependencies

libcanberra-pulse have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcanberra0
• libpulse0
• pulseaudio

References

• libcanberra-pulse website

Summary

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