How To Install libsox-fmt-pulse on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsox-fmt-pulse on Kali Linux.

What is libsox-fmt-pulse

libsox-fmt-pulse is:

SoX is the swiss army knife of sound processing.

This package contains the SoX PulseAudio format I/O library.

PulseAudio: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/

There are three methods to install libsox-fmt-pulse 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 libsox-fmt-pulse Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsox-fmt-pulse

Install libsox-fmt-pulse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsox-fmt-pulse using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsox-fmt-pulse

Install libsox-fmt-pulse 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 libsox-fmt-pulse using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsox-fmt-pulse

How To Uninstall libsox-fmt-pulse on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsox-fmt-pulse package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsox-fmt-pulse

Uninstall libsox-fmt-pulse And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsox-fmt-pulse

Remove libsox-fmt-pulse Configurations and Data

To remove libsox-fmt-pulse configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsox-fmt-pulse

Remove libsox-fmt-pulse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsox-fmt-pulse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsox-fmt-pulse

Dependencies

libsox-fmt-pulse have the following dependencies:

• libpulse0
• libsox3

References

• libsox-fmt-pulse website

Summary

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