How To Install wmmixer on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is wmmixer

wmmixer is:

wmmixer displays the mixer status of your computer in a small icon. Most common channels are identified with an appropriate icon. Control include a stereo (mono where appropriate) volume control and a recording source toggle button.

It is possible to change between the different channels using two small buttons (previous channel, next channel) and to change the volume of the channel.

There’s nothing in the program that makes it require WindowMaker, except maybe the NeXTStep look and the fact that it properly docks. It can be used with other window managers without problems.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmmixer

Install wmmixer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmmixer

Install wmmixer 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 wmmixer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmmixer

How To Uninstall wmmixer on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wmmixer

Uninstall wmmixer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmmixer

Remove wmmixer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmmixer

Remove wmmixer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmmixer

Dependencies

wmmixer have the following dependencies:

• oss-compat
• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• wmmixer website

Summary

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