How To Install csound-data on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install csound-data on Kali Linux. csound-data is data files used by the csound library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install csound-data on Kali Linux.

What is csound-data

csound-data is:

This package includes the architecture-independent data files used by the csound library or plugins.

For more information on Csound see the csound package.

There are three methods to install csound-data 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 csound-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install csound-data

Install csound-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install csound-data

Install csound-data 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 csound-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install csound-data

How To Uninstall csound-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the csound-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove csound-data

Uninstall csound-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove csound-data

Remove csound-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge csound-data

Remove csound-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge csound-data

Dependencies

csound-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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