How To Install paprefs on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install paprefs on Kali Linux. paprefs is PulseAudio Preferences

Introduction

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

What is paprefs

paprefs is:

PulseAudio, previously known as Polypaudio, is a sound server for POSIX and WIN32 systems. It is a drop in replacement for the ESD sound server with much better latency, mixing/re-sampling quality and overall architecture.

PulseAudio Preferences (paprefs) is a simple GTK+ based configuration dialog for the PulseAudio sound server.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install paprefs

Install paprefs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install paprefs

Install paprefs 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 paprefs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install paprefs

How To Uninstall paprefs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove paprefs

Uninstall paprefs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove paprefs

Remove paprefs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge paprefs

Remove paprefs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge paprefs

Dependencies

paprefs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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