How To Install ruby-ecasound on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ecasound on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-ecasound

ruby-ecasound is:

Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio processing. It can be used for simple tasks like audio playback, recording and format conversions, as well as for multitrack effect processing, mixing, recording and signal recycling.

Ecasound supports a wide range of audio inputs, outputs and effect algorithms. Effects and audio objects can be combined in various ways, and their parameters can be controlled by operator objects like oscillators and MIDI-CCs.

This package provides ecasound’s Ruby bindings.

There are three methods to install ruby-ecasound 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 ruby-ecasound Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-ecasound

Install ruby-ecasound Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-ecasound

Install ruby-ecasound 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 ruby-ecasound using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-ecasound

How To Uninstall ruby-ecasound on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-ecasound package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-ecasound

Uninstall ruby-ecasound And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-ecasound

Remove ruby-ecasound Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-ecasound configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-ecasound

Remove ruby-ecasound configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-ecasound

Dependencies

ruby-ecasound have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• ecasound

References

• ruby-ecasound website

Summary

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