How To Install lollypop on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lollypop on Kali Linux. lollypop is modern music player

Introduction

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

What is lollypop

lollypop is:

A Music player for GNOME featuring intuitive browsing of your music collection. Supports downloading of lyrics and cover art, syncing music with MTP devices, and has a kiosk (party) mode view.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lollypop

Install lollypop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lollypop

Install lollypop 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 lollypop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lollypop

How To Uninstall lollypop on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lollypop

Uninstall lollypop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lollypop

Remove lollypop Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lollypop

Remove lollypop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lollypop

Dependencies

lollypop have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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