How To Install pulseaudio-module-gsettings on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pulseaudio-module-gsettings

pulseaudio-module-gsettings 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 module enables PulseAudio to store additional configuration in GSettings. It supersedes the gconf module.

The module is called module-gsettings.

There are three methods to install pulseaudio-module-gsettings 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-module-gsettings 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-module-gsettings using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pulseaudio-module-gsettings

Install pulseaudio-module-gsettings Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pulseaudio-module-gsettings

Install pulseaudio-module-gsettings 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-module-gsettings using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pulseaudio-module-gsettings

How To Uninstall pulseaudio-module-gsettings on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-module-gsettings

Uninstall pulseaudio-module-gsettings And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pulseaudio-module-gsettings

Remove pulseaudio-module-gsettings Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pulseaudio-module-gsettings

Remove pulseaudio-module-gsettings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pulseaudio-module-gsettings

Dependencies

pulseaudio-module-gsettings have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcap2

References

• pulseaudio-module-gsettings website

Summary

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