How To Install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth on Kali Linux.
What is vlc-plugin-fluidsynth
vlc-plugin-fluidsynth is:
VLC is the VideoLAN project’s media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
This plugin adds support for playing MIDI file via the FluidSynth software synthesizer to the VLC media player.
There are three methods to install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth 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 vlc-plugin-fluidsynth Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-fluidsynthInstall vlc-plugin-fluidsynth Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-fluidsynthInstall vlc-plugin-fluidsynth 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-fluidsynthHow To Uninstall vlc-plugin-fluidsynth on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-fluidsynth package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-fluidsynthUninstall vlc-plugin-fluidsynth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vlc-plugin-fluidsynth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-plugin-fluidsynthRemove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth Configurations and Data
To remove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-fluidsynthRemove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-fluidsynthDependencies
vlc-plugin-fluidsynth have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
