Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apulse on Kali Linux.
What is apulse
apulse is:
The program provides an alternative partial implementation of the PulseAudio
API. It consists of a loader script and a number of shared libraries with the
same names as from original PulseAudio, so applications could dynamically load
them and think they are talking to PulseAudio. Internally, no separate sound
mixing daemon is used. Instead, apulse relies on ALSA’s dmix, dsnoop, and plug
plugins to handle multiple sound sources and capture streams running at the
same time. dmix plugin muxes multiple playback streams; dsnoop plugin allow
multiple applications to capture from a single microphone; and plug plugin
transparently converts audio between various sample formats, sample rates and
channel numbers.
There are three methods to install apulse 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 apulse Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install apulse using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apulseInstall apulse Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apulse using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apulseInstall apulse 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 apulse using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apulse
How To Uninstall apulse on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the apulse package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apulse
Uninstall apulse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apulse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apulse
Remove apulse Configurations and Data
To remove apulse configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apulse
Remove apulse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apulse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apulse
Dependencies
apulse have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apulse package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
