How To Install libfluidsynth2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfluidsynth2 on Kali Linux.

What is libfluidsynth2

libfluidsynth2 is:

Fluidsynth is a real-time midi synthesizer based on the soundfont (sf2 and sf3) specifications. It can be used to render MIDI input or MIDI files to audio. The MIDI events are read from a MIDI device. The sound is rendered in real-time to the sound output device.

This package contains the runtime library.

There are three methods to install libfluidsynth2 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 libfluidsynth2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfluidsynth2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfluidsynth2

Install libfluidsynth2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfluidsynth2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfluidsynth2

Install libfluidsynth2 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 libfluidsynth2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfluidsynth2

How To Uninstall libfluidsynth2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfluidsynth2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfluidsynth2

Uninstall libfluidsynth2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfluidsynth2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfluidsynth2

Remove libfluidsynth2 Configurations and Data

To remove libfluidsynth2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfluidsynth2

Remove libfluidsynth2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfluidsynth2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfluidsynth2

Dependencies

libfluidsynth2 have the following dependencies:

• libasound2
• libc6
• libdbus-1-3
• libglib2.0-0
• libinstpatch-1.0-2
• libjack-jackd2-0
• libpulse0
• libreadline8
• libsdl2-2.0-0
• libsndfile1
• timgm6mb-soundfont

References

• libfluidsynth2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfluidsynth2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.