How To Install ripperx on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ripperx

ripperx is:

ripperX is a graphical interface for ripping CD audio tracks (using cdparanoia) and then encoding them into the Ogg, FLAC, or MP2/3 formats using the vorbis tools, FLAC, toolame or other available MP3 encoders.

It includes support for CDDB lookups and ID3v2 tags.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ripperx

Install ripperx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ripperx

Install ripperx 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 ripperx using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ripperx

How To Uninstall ripperx on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ripperx

Uninstall ripperx And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ripperx

Remove ripperx Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ripperx

Remove ripperx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ripperx

Dependencies

ripperx have the following dependencies:

• cdparanoia
• vorbis-tools
• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libgcc1

References

• ripperx website

Summary

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