How To Install libsidplayfp5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsidplayfp5 on Kali Linux.

What is libsidplayfp5

libsidplayfp5 is:

libsidplayfp (and its console frontend sidplayfp) is a fork of sidplay2 born with the aim to improve the quality of emulating the 6581, 8580 chips and the surrounding C64 system in order to play SID music better.

There are three methods to install libsidplayfp5 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 libsidplayfp5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsidplayfp5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsidplayfp5

Install libsidplayfp5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsidplayfp5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsidplayfp5

Install libsidplayfp5 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 libsidplayfp5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsidplayfp5

How To Uninstall libsidplayfp5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsidplayfp5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsidplayfp5

Uninstall libsidplayfp5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsidplayfp5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsidplayfp5

Remove libsidplayfp5 Configurations and Data

To remove libsidplayfp5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsidplayfp5

Remove libsidplayfp5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsidplayfp5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsidplayfp5

Dependencies

libsidplayfp5 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libgcrypt20
• libstdc++6

References

• libsidplayfp5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsidplayfp5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.