How To Install liquidsoap on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liquidsoap on Kali Linux. liquidsoap is audio streaming language

Introduction

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

What is liquidsoap

liquidsoap is:

Liquidsoap is a powerful tool for building complex audio streaming systems, typically targeting internet radios (e.g. icecast streams).

It consists of a simple script language, in which you can create, combine and transform audio sources. Its design makes liquidsoap flexible and easily extensible.

Some of the typical uses are:

  • dynamically generating playlists depending on the time or other factors
  • having smooth transitions between songs
  • adding jingles periodically
  • applying effects on the sound like volume normalization
  • reencoding the stream at various qualities
  • remotely controlling the stream

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liquidsoap

Install liquidsoap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liquidsoap

Install liquidsoap 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 liquidsoap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liquidsoap

How To Uninstall liquidsoap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove liquidsoap

Uninstall liquidsoap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liquidsoap

Remove liquidsoap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liquidsoap

Remove liquidsoap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liquidsoap

Dependencies

liquidsoap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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