How To Install pavucontrol on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pavucontrol on Kali Linux. pavucontrol is PulseAudio Volume Control

Introduction

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

What is pavucontrol

pavucontrol is:

PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) is a simple GTK+ based volume control tool (mixer) for the PulseAudio sound server. In contrast to classic mixer tools this one allows you to control both the volume of hardware devices and of each playback stream separately. It also allows you to redirect a playback stream to another output device without interrupting playback.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pavucontrol

Install pavucontrol Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pavucontrol

Install pavucontrol 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 pavucontrol using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pavucontrol

How To Uninstall pavucontrol on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pavucontrol

Uninstall pavucontrol And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pavucontrol

Remove pavucontrol Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pavucontrol

Remove pavucontrol configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pavucontrol

Dependencies

pavucontrol have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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