How To Install libvisual-0.4-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvisual-0.4-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libvisual-0.4-dev
libvisual-0.4-dev is:
Libvisual is a generic visualization framework that allows applications to easily access and manage visualization plugins.
Audio visualization is the process of making pretty moving images that are correlated in some way to the audio currently being played by a media player. Most audio visualization is tied to a specific application or media player, making it difficult to share code. Libvisual allows applications to use existing visualization plugins written for the libvisual framework.
This package provides development headers and libraries used to compile applications that use libvisual.
There are three methods to install libvisual-0.4-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 libvisual-0.4-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libvisual-0.4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvisual-0.4-devInstall libvisual-0.4-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libvisual-0.4-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvisual-0.4-devInstall libvisual-0.4-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libvisual-0.4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvisual-0.4-devHow To Uninstall libvisual-0.4-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libvisual-0.4-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvisual-0.4-devUninstall libvisual-0.4-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvisual-0.4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvisual-0.4-devRemove libvisual-0.4-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libvisual-0.4-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvisual-0.4-devRemove libvisual-0.4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvisual-0.4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvisual-0.4-devDependencies
libvisual-0.4-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvisual-0.4-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
