How To Install linux-show-player on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-show-player on Kali Linux. linux-show-player is Free cue player designed for sound-playback in stage productions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-show-player on Kali Linux.

What is linux-show-player

linux-show-player is:

Linux Show Player (or LiSP for short) is a free cue player designed for sound-playback in stage productions. The goal of the project is to provide a complete playback software for musical plays, theater shows and similar. Here a list of the main functionality offered by LiSP:

  • Cart layout (buttons matrix) suited for touchscreens
  • List layout suited for keyboards
  • Large media-format support thanks to GStreamer
  • Realtime sound effects: equalization, pitch shift, speed control, compression.
  • Peak and ReplayGain normalization
  • Undo/Redo changes
  • Remote control over network, between two or more sessions
  • ArtNet Timecode (via OLA)
  • MIDI support for cue triggering
  • MIDI cues (send MIDI messages)
  • Multi-language support

There are three methods to install linux-show-player 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 linux-show-player Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install linux-show-player

Install linux-show-player Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install linux-show-player using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install linux-show-player

Install linux-show-player 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 linux-show-player using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linux-show-player

How To Uninstall linux-show-player on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the linux-show-player package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove linux-show-player

Uninstall linux-show-player And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-show-player

Remove linux-show-player Configurations and Data

To remove linux-show-player configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge linux-show-player

Remove linux-show-player configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove linux-show-player configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-show-player

Dependencies

linux-show-player have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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