How To Install mikmod on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mikmod

mikmod is:

Mikmod is a very portable tracked music player which supports a wide variety of module formats including compressed sample Impulse Tracker modules. It also supports many archive formats, as well as on the fly decompression.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mikmod

Install mikmod Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mikmod

Install mikmod 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 mikmod using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mikmod

How To Uninstall mikmod on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mikmod

Uninstall mikmod And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mikmod

Remove mikmod Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mikmod

Remove mikmod configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mikmod

Dependencies

mikmod have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libmikmod3
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6

References

• mikmod website

Summary

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