How To Install squishyball on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install squishyball on Kali Linux. squishyball is audio sample comparison testing tool

Introduction

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

What is squishyball

squishyball is:

squishyball is a simple command-line utility for performing double-blind A/B, A/B/X or X/X/Y (A/B/X with additional sample order randomisation) testing of audio samples on the command line.

The user specifies two input files to be compared and uses the keyboard during playback to flip between the randomized samples to perform on-the-fly comparisons. After a predetermined number of trials, squishyball prints the trial results to stdout and exits.

squishyball can be used to help establish what lossy audio codec settings are optimal for a particular combination of user and audio equipment.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install squishyball

Install squishyball Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install squishyball

Install squishyball 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 squishyball using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install squishyball

How To Uninstall squishyball on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove squishyball

Uninstall squishyball And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove squishyball

Remove squishyball Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge squishyball

Remove squishyball configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge squishyball

Dependencies

squishyball have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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