How To Install libportaudio2 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportaudio2 on Kali Linux.
What is libportaudio2
libportaudio2 is:
PortAudio is a portable audio I/O library designed for cross-platform support of audio. It uses a callback mechanism to request audio processing. Audio can be generated in various formats, including 32 bit floating point, and will be converted to the native format internally.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libportaudio2 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 libportaudio2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libportaudio2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libportaudio2Install libportaudio2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libportaudio2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libportaudio2Install libportaudio2 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libportaudio2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libportaudio2How To Uninstall libportaudio2 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libportaudio2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libportaudio2Uninstall libportaudio2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libportaudio2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libportaudio2Remove libportaudio2 Configurations and Data
To remove libportaudio2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libportaudio2Remove libportaudio2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libportaudio2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libportaudio2Dependencies
libportaudio2 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportaudio2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.