How To Install libpipewire-0.3-0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipewire-0.3-0 on Kali Linux. libpipewire-0.3-0 is libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipewire-0.3-0 on Kali Linux.

What is libpipewire-0.3-0

libpipewire-0.3-0 is:

PipeWire is a server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines. This includes:

  • Making available sources of video (such as from a capture devices or application provided streams) and multiplexing this with clients.
  • Accessing sources of video for consumption.
  • Generating graphs for audio and video processing.

There are three methods to install libpipewire-0.3-0 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 libpipewire-0.3-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpipewire-0.3-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpipewire-0.3-0

Install libpipewire-0.3-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpipewire-0.3-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpipewire-0.3-0

Install libpipewire-0.3-0 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 libpipewire-0.3-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpipewire-0.3-0

How To Uninstall libpipewire-0.3-0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpipewire-0.3-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpipewire-0.3-0

Uninstall libpipewire-0.3-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpipewire-0.3-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpipewire-0.3-0

Remove libpipewire-0.3-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libpipewire-0.3-0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpipewire-0.3-0

Remove libpipewire-0.3-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpipewire-0.3-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpipewire-0.3-0

Dependencies

libpipewire-0.3-0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipewire-0.3-0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.