How To Install libpcaudio-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcaudio-dev on Kali Linux. libpcaudio-dev is C API to different audio devices - development files

Introduction

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

What is libpcaudio-dev

libpcaudio-dev is:

The Portable C Audio Library (pcaudiolib) provides a C API to different audio devices. It supports Alsa, OSS, and PulseAudio.

This package contains the development files needed to build against the pcaudio shared library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpcaudio-dev

Install libpcaudio-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpcaudio-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpcaudio-dev

How To Uninstall libpcaudio-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libpcaudio-dev

Uninstall libpcaudio-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcaudio-dev

Remove libpcaudio-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpcaudio-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpcaudio-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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