How To Install libmysofa-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysofa-utils on Kali Linux. libmysofa-utils is library to read HRTFs stored in the AES69-2015 SOFA format - utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysofa-utils on Kali Linux.

What is libmysofa-utils

libmysofa-utils is:

libmysofa is a light weight C-library intended to read SOFA (Spatially Oriented Format for Acoustics) files for spatial rendering. It hardly has any library dependencies and is suitable for embedded devices.

It reads SOFA files and checks whether the data complies to the “SimpleFreeFieldHRIR” conventions. In addition, it provides functions to look-up and interpolate the filters for a given orientation and to normalize the HRTFs (Head-Related Transfer Functions) to a reference level.

This package contains the mysofa2json utility.

There are three methods to install libmysofa-utils 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 libmysofa-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmysofa-utils

Install libmysofa-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmysofa-utils

Install libmysofa-utils 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 libmysofa-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmysofa-utils

How To Uninstall libmysofa-utils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmysofa-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmysofa-utils

Uninstall libmysofa-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmysofa-utils

Remove libmysofa-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmysofa-utils

Remove libmysofa-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmysofa-utils

Dependencies

libmysofa-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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