How To Install osspd-pulseaudio on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install osspd-pulseaudio on Kali Linux.
What is osspd-pulseaudio
osspd-pulseaudio is:
OSS Proxy Daemon is a Linux userland OSS sound device (/dev/[a]dsp and /dev/mixer) implementation using CUSE. Currently it supports forwarding OSS sound streams to PulseAudio and ALSA.
This package contains the PulseAudio backend for osspd.
There are three methods to install osspd-pulseaudio 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 osspd-pulseaudio Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install osspd-pulseaudio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install osspd-pulseaudioInstall osspd-pulseaudio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install osspd-pulseaudio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install osspd-pulseaudioInstall osspd-pulseaudio 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install osspd-pulseaudio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install osspd-pulseaudioHow To Uninstall osspd-pulseaudio on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the osspd-pulseaudio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove osspd-pulseaudioUninstall osspd-pulseaudio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall osspd-pulseaudio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove osspd-pulseaudioRemove osspd-pulseaudio Configurations and Data
To remove osspd-pulseaudio configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge osspd-pulseaudioRemove osspd-pulseaudio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove osspd-pulseaudio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osspd-pulseaudioDependencies
osspd-pulseaudio have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install osspd-pulseaudio package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
