How To Install portaudio19-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install portaudio19-dev on Kali Linux. portaudio19-dev is Portable audio I/O - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install portaudio19-dev on Kali Linux.

What is portaudio19-dev

portaudio19-dev is:

PortAudio is a portable audio I/O library designed for cross-platform support of audio. It uses a callback mechanism to request audio processing. Audio can be generated in various formats, including 32 bit floating point, and will be converted to the native format internally.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install portaudio19-dev 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 portaudio19-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install portaudio19-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install portaudio19-dev

Install portaudio19-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install portaudio19-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install portaudio19-dev

Install portaudio19-dev 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 portaudio19-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install portaudio19-dev

How To Uninstall portaudio19-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the portaudio19-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove portaudio19-dev

Uninstall portaudio19-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall portaudio19-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove portaudio19-dev

Remove portaudio19-dev Configurations and Data

To remove portaudio19-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge portaudio19-dev

Remove portaudio19-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove portaudio19-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge portaudio19-dev

Dependencies

portaudio19-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install portaudio19-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.