How To Install silentjack on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is silentjack

silentjack is:

SilentJack listens, using the JACK audio system, for silence. When silence is detected, it runs the command specified. Once the command has been run, a grace period is observed before resuming the silence detection.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install silentjack

Install silentjack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install silentjack

Install silentjack 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 silentjack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install silentjack

How To Uninstall silentjack on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove silentjack

Uninstall silentjack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove silentjack

Remove silentjack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge silentjack

Remove silentjack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge silentjack

Dependencies

silentjack have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libjack-jackd2-0

References

• silentjack website

Summary

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