How To Install roarplaylistd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is roarplaylistd

roarplaylistd is:

RoarAudio PlayList Daemon is a audio player backend daemon handling playlists. It stores playlists and plays files using RoarAudio as audio backend.

The daemon can be controlled using a simple protocol. It can listen on UNIX and TCP sockets.

File formats and codecs not supported by RoarAudio can be handled by using a helper program.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install roarplaylistd

Install roarplaylistd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install roarplaylistd

Install roarplaylistd 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 roarplaylistd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install roarplaylistd

How To Uninstall roarplaylistd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove roarplaylistd

Uninstall roarplaylistd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove roarplaylistd

Remove roarplaylistd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge roarplaylistd

Remove roarplaylistd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge roarplaylistd

Dependencies

roarplaylistd have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libroar2
• libxml2
• lsb-base
• roaraudio

References

• roarplaylistd website

Summary

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