How To Install opus-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install opus-tools on Kali Linux. opus-tools is Opus codec command line tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opus-tools on Kali Linux.

What is opus-tools

opus-tools is:

This package provides the reference implementations of encoder and decoder utilities for libopus. People implementing their own support for Opus are encouraged to check their code for interoperability with these tools.

There are three methods to install opus-tools 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 opus-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install opus-tools

Install opus-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install opus-tools

Install opus-tools 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 opus-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opus-tools

How To Uninstall opus-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the opus-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opus-tools

Uninstall opus-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opus-tools

Remove opus-tools Configurations and Data

To remove opus-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opus-tools

Remove opus-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opus-tools

Dependencies

opus-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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