How To Install libfaudio-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfaudio-dev on Kali Linux. libfaudio-dev is XAudio sound processing reimplementation - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfaudio-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libfaudio-dev

libfaudio-dev is:

FAudio is a sound processing library that aims to support fully accurate DirectX audio capabilities including XAudio2, X3DAudio, XAPO, and XACT3.

This package provides the development files.

There are three methods to install libfaudio-dev 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 libfaudio-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfaudio-dev

Install libfaudio-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfaudio-dev

Install libfaudio-dev 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 libfaudio-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfaudio-dev

How To Uninstall libfaudio-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfaudio-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfaudio-dev

Uninstall libfaudio-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfaudio-dev

Remove libfaudio-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfaudio-dev

Remove libfaudio-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfaudio-dev

Dependencies

libfaudio-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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