How To Install libmatemixer-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libmatemixer-dev

libmatemixer-dev is:

Mixer library for MATE Desktop. It provides an abstract API allowing access to mixer functionality available in the PulseAudio, ALSA and OSS sound systems.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libmatemixer-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 libmatemixer-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 libmatemixer-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmatemixer-dev

Install libmatemixer-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmatemixer-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmatemixer-dev

How To Uninstall libmatemixer-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmatemixer-dev

Uninstall libmatemixer-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmatemixer-dev

Remove libmatemixer-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmatemixer-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmatemixer-dev have the following dependencies:

• libglib2.0-dev
• libmatemixer0

References

• libmatemixer-dev website

Summary

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