How To Install qastools-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qastools-common on Kali Linux.

What is qastools-common

qastools-common is:

QasTools is a collection of desktop applications for the
Linux sound system ALSA.

The applications included are:

• QasConfig – browser for the ALSA configuration tree
• QasHctl – mixer for ALSA’s High level Control Interface
• QasMixer – desktop mixer with features similar to alsamixer

This package contains common files shared by all applications.

There are three methods to install qastools-common 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 qastools-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qastools-common

Install qastools-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qastools-common

Install qastools-common 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 qastools-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qastools-common

How To Uninstall qastools-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the qastools-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qastools-common

Uninstall qastools-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qastools-common

Remove qastools-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge qastools-common

Remove qastools-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qastools-common

Dependencies

qastools-common have the following dependencies:

References

• qastools-common website

Summary

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