How To Install wah-plugins on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is wah-plugins

wah-plugins is:

This LADSPA plugin is the combination of a ‘wah’ pedal and a simple envelope follower.

Controls are:

• Freq: the resonance frequency of wah filter. This would normally be controlled using a midi pedal.
• Mix: crossfades between dry and wet signal, the first is the original input signal and the latter is the pure output of the resonant filter amplified by 18 dB.

The three remaining parameters control the envelope follower. This produces a control signal that is added to the ‘Freq’ setting.

• Drive: input gain to the envelope follower (so this gain is not in the signal path).
• Decay: controls the decay time of the envelope.
• Range: controls how much the envelope is allowed to modify the basic frequency.

There are three methods to install wah-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 wah-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 wah-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wah-plugins

Install wah-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wah-plugins

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

sudo aptitude -y install wah-plugins

How To Uninstall wah-plugins on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wah-plugins

Uninstall wah-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wah-plugins

Remove wah-plugins Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wah-plugins

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

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

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

Dependencies

wah-plugins have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libstdc++6

References

• wah-plugins website

Summary

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