How To Install pulseaudio-module-raop on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pulseaudio-module-raop

pulseaudio-module-raop 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 stream audio to an Apple Airport Express.

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

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

Install pulseaudio-module-raop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pulseaudio-module-raop

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

sudo aptitude -y install pulseaudio-module-raop

How To Uninstall pulseaudio-module-raop on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-module-raop

Uninstall pulseaudio-module-raop And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove pulseaudio-module-raop Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

pulseaudio-module-raop have the following dependencies:

• libavahi-client3
• libavahi-common3
• libc6
• libpulse0
• libssl1.1
• pulseaudio
• pulseaudio-module-zeroconf

References

• pulseaudio-module-raop website

Summary

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