How To Install libcodec2-0.9 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcodec2-0.9 on Kali Linux.

What is libcodec2-0.9

libcodec2-0.9 is:

Next-Generation Digital Voice for Two-Way Radio

Codec2 is an audio codec especially designed for compressing voice at very low bit-rates for applications such as digital voice radio.

This package contains the codec2 runtime library.

There are three methods to install libcodec2-0.9 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 libcodec2-0.9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcodec2-0.9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcodec2-0.9

Install libcodec2-0.9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcodec2-0.9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcodec2-0.9

Install libcodec2-0.9 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 libcodec2-0.9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcodec2-0.9

How To Uninstall libcodec2-0.9 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcodec2-0.9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcodec2-0.9

Uninstall libcodec2-0.9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcodec2-0.9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcodec2-0.9

Remove libcodec2-0.9 Configurations and Data

To remove libcodec2-0.9 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcodec2-0.9

Remove libcodec2-0.9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcodec2-0.9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcodec2-0.9

Dependencies

libcodec2-0.9 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libcodec2-0.9 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcodec2-0.9 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.