How To Install shntool on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is shntool

shntool is:

shntool is a multi-purpose WAVE data processing and reporting utility. File formats are abstracted from its core, so it can process any file that contains WAVE data, compressed or not - provided there exists a format module to handle that particular file type.

shntool has native support for .wav files. If you want it to work with other formats, you must have the appropriate helper program installed. Some of these helper programs - notably for Monkey’s Audio, LPAC, OptimFROG - are not (yet) available in Debian.

With the helper programs mentioned above, shntool is able to convert files between all supported formats.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install shntool

Install shntool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install shntool

Install shntool 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 shntool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install shntool

How To Uninstall shntool on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove shntool

Uninstall shntool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove shntool

Remove shntool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge shntool

Remove shntool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shntool

Dependencies

shntool have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• shntool website

Summary

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