How To Install libmysofa1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysofa1 on Kali Linux. libmysofa1 is library to read HRTFs stored in the AES69-2015 SOFA format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysofa1 on Kali Linux.

What is libmysofa1

libmysofa1 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 shared objects necessary to run an application using libmysofa.

There are three methods to install libmysofa1 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 libmysofa1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmysofa1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmysofa1

Install libmysofa1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmysofa1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmysofa1

Install libmysofa1 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 libmysofa1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmysofa1

How To Uninstall libmysofa1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmysofa1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmysofa1

Uninstall libmysofa1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmysofa1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmysofa1

Remove libmysofa1 Configurations and Data

To remove libmysofa1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmysofa1

Remove libmysofa1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmysofa1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmysofa1

Dependencies

libmysofa1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysofa1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.