How To Install pacpl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pacpl

pacpl is:

Perl Audio Converter is a tool for converting multiple audio types from one format to another using various external encoders/decoders.

It supports the following audio formats (but the backend program that handles a given format might not be packaged in Debian): 3G2, 3GP, 8SVX, AAC, AC3, ADTS, AIFF, AL, AMB, AMR, APE, AU, AVR, BONK, CAF, CDR, CVU, DAT, DSF, DTS, DVMS, F32, F64, FAP, FLA, FLAC, FSSD, GSRT, HCOM, IMA, IRCAM, LA, MAT, MAUD, MAT4, MAT5, M4A, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, MPP, NIST, OFF, OFR, OFS, OPUS, OGA, OGG, PAF, PRC, PVF, RA, RAM, RAW, RF64, SD2, SF, SHN, SMP, SND, SOU, SPX, SRN, TAK, TTA, TXW, VOC, VMS, VQF, W64, WAV, WMA, and WV.

It can also convert audio from the following video extensions: RM, RV, ASF, DivX, MPG, MKV, MPEG, AVI, MOV, OGM, OGV, QT, VCD, SVCD, M4V, NSV, NUV, PSP, SMK, VOB, FLV, WEBM, and WMV.

Pacpl also features parallel processing, a CD ripping function with CDDB support, batch conversion, tag preservation for most supported formats and independent tag reading & writing. Service menus for KDE (Dolphin/Konqueror), GNOME Nautilus script, and Nemo action script are also provided (see README.Debian).

You can write your own modules in order to add support for new file formats.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pacpl

Install pacpl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pacpl

Install pacpl 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 pacpl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pacpl

How To Uninstall pacpl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pacpl

Uninstall pacpl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pacpl

Remove pacpl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pacpl

Remove pacpl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pacpl

Dependencies

pacpl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• pacpl website

Summary

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