How To Install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is pulseaudio-module-zeroconf

pulseaudio-module-zeroconf 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 publish available sinks and sources via zeroconf (aka. Avahi, mdns).

The module is called module-zeroconf-publish.

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

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

Install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf

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

sudo aptitude -y install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf

How To Uninstall pulseaudio-module-zeroconf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-module-zeroconf

Uninstall pulseaudio-module-zeroconf And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove pulseaudio-module-zeroconf Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

pulseaudio-module-zeroconf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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