How To Install tap-plugins on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tap-plugins on Kali Linux.

What is tap-plugins

tap-plugins is:

Tom Szilagyi has written a number of plugins for LADSPA compatible hosts (e.g. Ardour, GNU Sound and GStreamer).

The plugins (Equalizer, Reverberator, Stereo Echo, Tremolo, Scaling Limiter, AutoPanner and DeEsser) have been written primarily for Ardour but should work well with any LADSPA host.

There are three methods to install tap-plugins 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 tap-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tap-plugins

Install tap-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tap-plugins

Install tap-plugins 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 tap-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tap-plugins

How To Uninstall tap-plugins on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tap-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tap-plugins

Uninstall tap-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tap-plugins

Remove tap-plugins Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tap-plugins

Remove tap-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tap-plugins

Dependencies

tap-plugins have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• tap-plugins website

Summary

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