How To Install qsynth on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qsynth on Kali Linux.

What is qsynth

qsynth is:

QSynth is a fluidsynth GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt toolkit. Eventually it may evolve into a softsynth management application allowing the user to control and manage a variety of command line softsynths but for the moment it wraps FluidSynth (http://www.fluidsynth.org).

FluidSynth is a command line software synthesiser based on the Soundfont specification.

There are three methods to install qsynth 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 qsynth Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qsynth

Install qsynth Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qsynth using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qsynth

Install qsynth 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 qsynth using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qsynth

How To Uninstall qsynth on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the qsynth package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qsynth

Uninstall qsynth And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qsynth

Remove qsynth Configurations and Data

To remove qsynth configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qsynth

Remove qsynth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qsynth

Dependencies

qsynth have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libfluidsynth2
• libgcc-s1
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5network5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6

References

• qsynth website

Summary

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