How To Install libmusicbrainz-discid-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmusicbrainz-discid-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libmusicbrainz-discid-perl

libmusicbrainz-discid-perl is:

MusicBrainz::DiscID is a Perl interface to the MusicBrainz libdiscid library. It is useful for calculating a MusicBrainz DiscID from an audio compact disc in the drive. The coding style differs slightly from the C library as this module supports Perl’s Object-Oriented programming features.

There are three methods to install libmusicbrainz-discid-perl 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 libmusicbrainz-discid-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmusicbrainz-discid-perl

Install libmusicbrainz-discid-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmusicbrainz-discid-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmusicbrainz-discid-perl

Install libmusicbrainz-discid-perl 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 libmusicbrainz-discid-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmusicbrainz-discid-perl

How To Uninstall libmusicbrainz-discid-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmusicbrainz-discid-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmusicbrainz-discid-perl

Uninstall libmusicbrainz-discid-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmusicbrainz-discid-perl

Remove libmusicbrainz-discid-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libmusicbrainz-discid-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmusicbrainz-discid-perl

Remove libmusicbrainz-discid-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmusicbrainz-discid-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmusicbrainz-discid-perl

Dependencies

libmusicbrainz-discid-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• perlapi-5.32.0
• libc6
• libdiscid0

References

• libmusicbrainz-discid-perl website

Summary

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