How To Install libdca-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdca-utils on Kali Linux.
What is libdca-utils
libdca-utils is:
libdca provides a low-level interface to decode audio frames encoded using DTS Coherent Acoustics. DTS Coherent Acoustics streams are commonly found on DVDs, DTS audio CDs and some radio broadcastings. libdca also provides downmixing and dynamic range compression for various output configurations.
This package contains additional utilities.
There are three methods to install libdca-utils 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 libdca-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libdca-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdca-utilsInstall libdca-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libdca-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdca-utilsInstall libdca-utils 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libdca-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdca-utilsHow To Uninstall libdca-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libdca-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdca-utilsUninstall libdca-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdca-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdca-utilsRemove libdca-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libdca-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdca-utilsRemove libdca-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdca-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdca-utilsDependencies
libdca-utils have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdca-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.