How To Install libinstpatch-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinstpatch-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libinstpatch-dev
libinstpatch-dev is:
libInstPatch stands for lib-Instrument-Patch and is a library for processing digital sample based MIDI instrument “patch” files. The types of files libInstPatch supports are used for creating instrument sounds for wavetable synthesis. This library provides an object framework (based on GObject) to load patch files into, which can then be edited, converted, compressed and saved.
More information can be found on the Project Swami website http://swami.sourceforge.net.
This package contains the headers and static library.
There are three methods to install libinstpatch-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 libinstpatch-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libinstpatch-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libinstpatch-devInstall libinstpatch-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libinstpatch-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libinstpatch-devInstall libinstpatch-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libinstpatch-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libinstpatch-devHow To Uninstall libinstpatch-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libinstpatch-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libinstpatch-devUninstall libinstpatch-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libinstpatch-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libinstpatch-devRemove libinstpatch-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libinstpatch-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libinstpatch-devRemove libinstpatch-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libinstpatch-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libinstpatch-devDependencies
libinstpatch-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinstpatch-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.