How To Install pulseaudio-module-jack on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pulseaudio-module-jack

pulseaudio-module-jack 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.

These modules enables PulseAudio to connect to a jackd daemon.

The modules are called module-jack-sink, module-jack-source.

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

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

Install pulseaudio-module-jack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pulseaudio-module-jack

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

sudo aptitude -y install pulseaudio-module-jack

How To Uninstall pulseaudio-module-jack on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-module-jack

Uninstall pulseaudio-module-jack And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove pulseaudio-module-jack Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

pulseaudio-module-jack have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdbus-1-3
• libjack-jackd2-0
• libpulse0
• pulseaudio

References

• pulseaudio-module-jack website

Summary

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