How To Install libflac-doc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libflac-doc on Kali Linux.

What is libflac-doc

libflac-doc is:

FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC is similar to MP3, but lossless. The FLAC project consists of:

• The stream format
• libFLAC, which implements a reference encoder, stream decoder, and file decoder
• flac, which is a command-line wrapper around libFLAC to encode and decode .flac files
• Input plugins for various music players (Winamp, XMMS, and more in the works)

This package contains the API documentation for all the FLAC libraries.

There are three methods to install libflac-doc 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 libflac-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libflac-doc

Install libflac-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libflac-doc

Install libflac-doc 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 libflac-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libflac-doc

How To Uninstall libflac-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libflac-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libflac-doc

Uninstall libflac-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libflac-doc

Remove libflac-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libflac-doc

Remove libflac-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libflac-doc

Dependencies

libflac-doc have the following dependencies:

References

• libflac-doc website

Summary

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