How To Install pavumeter on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pavumeter on Kali Linux. pavumeter is PulseAudio Volume Meter

Introduction

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

What is pavumeter

pavumeter 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.

A simple volume meter for the PulseAudio sound server.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pavumeter

Install pavumeter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pavumeter

Install pavumeter 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 pavumeter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pavumeter

How To Uninstall pavumeter on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pavumeter

Uninstall pavumeter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pavumeter

Remove pavumeter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pavumeter

Remove pavumeter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pavumeter

Dependencies

pavumeter have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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