How To Install aconnectgui on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install aconnectgui on Kali Linux. aconnectgui is graphical ALSA sequencer connection manager

Introduction

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

What is aconnectgui

aconnectgui is:

aconnectgui is a graphical utility to connect and disconnect two existing ports on ALSA sequencer system. The ports with the arbitrary subscription permission, such as created by aseqview, can be connected to any (MIDI) device ports.

aconnectgui is a frontend for aconnect, written directly on top of the aconnect source, leaving the original source intact, only adding a couple of ifdefs, and some calls to the gui part. It provides exactly the same functionality, but with a graphical user interface.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aconnectgui

Install aconnectgui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aconnectgui

Install aconnectgui 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 aconnectgui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aconnectgui

How To Uninstall aconnectgui on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove aconnectgui

Uninstall aconnectgui And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aconnectgui

Remove aconnectgui Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge aconnectgui

Remove aconnectgui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aconnectgui

Dependencies

aconnectgui have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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