How To Install ableton-link-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ableton-link-utils on Kali Linux. ableton-link-utils is synchronizes musical applications on multiple devices - cmdline utils

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ableton-link-utils on Kali Linux.

ableton-link-utils is:

Ableton Link, a technology that synchronizes musical beat, tempo, and phase across multiple applications running on one or more devices. Applications on devices connected to a local network discover each other automatically and form a musical session in which each participant can perform independently: anyone can start or stop while still staying in time. Anyone can change the tempo, the others will follow. Anyone can join or leave without disrupting the session.

This package contains cmdline utilities to check synchronisation.

There are three methods to install ableton-link-utils 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.

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ableton-link-utils

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ableton-link-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ableton-link-utils

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 ableton-link-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ableton-link-utils

To uninstall only the ableton-link-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ableton-link-utils

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ableton-link-utils

To remove ableton-link-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ableton-link-utils

We can use the following command to remove ableton-link-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ableton-link-utils

Dependencies

ableton-link-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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