How To Install pulseaudio-equalizer on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-equalizer on Kali Linux. pulseaudio-equalizer is Equalizer sink module for PulseAudio sound server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-equalizer on Kali Linux.

What is pulseaudio-equalizer

pulseaudio-equalizer 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.

This package provides an equalizer sink and an interface to configure the equalizer, qpaeq.

The module is called module-equalizer-sink.

There are three methods to install pulseaudio-equalizer 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 pulseaudio-equalizer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pulseaudio-equalizer

Install pulseaudio-equalizer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pulseaudio-equalizer

Install pulseaudio-equalizer 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 pulseaudio-equalizer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pulseaudio-equalizer

How To Uninstall pulseaudio-equalizer on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pulseaudio-equalizer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-equalizer

Uninstall pulseaudio-equalizer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pulseaudio-equalizer

Remove pulseaudio-equalizer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pulseaudio-equalizer

Remove pulseaudio-equalizer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pulseaudio-equalizer

Dependencies

pulseaudio-equalizer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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