How To Install speex on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is speex

speex is:

Speex is an audio codec especially designed for compressing voice at low bit-rates for applications such as voice over IP (VoIP). In some senses, it is meant to be complementary to the Vorbis codec which places a greater emphasis on high-quality music reproduction.

This package contains the encoder and decoder command-line applications.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install speex

Install speex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install speex

Install speex 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 speex using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install speex

How To Uninstall speex on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove speex

Uninstall speex And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove speex

Remove speex Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge speex

Remove speex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge speex

Dependencies

speex have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libogg0
• libspeex1
• libspeexdsp1

References

• speex website

Summary

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