How To Install gigedit on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gigedit on Kali Linux. gigedit is instrument editor for Gigasampler files

Introduction

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

What is gigedit

gigedit is:

gigedit is an instrument editor allowing to modify existing Gigasampler files, as well as creating new ones from scratch. The GUI is based on the GTK+ (gtkmm) toolkit. Even though it is created as a subproject of the LinuxSampler project, it is currently a completely independent stand-alone editor.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gigedit

Install gigedit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gigedit

Install gigedit 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 gigedit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gigedit

How To Uninstall gigedit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gigedit

Uninstall gigedit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gigedit

Remove gigedit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gigedit

Remove gigedit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gigedit

Dependencies

gigedit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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