How To Install ardour-i686 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ardour-i686 on Debian 9.
What is ardour-i686
ardour-i686 is:
Ardour is a multichannel hard disk recorder (HDR) and digital audio workstation (DAW). It can be used to control, record, edit and run complex audio setups.
This is a transitional dummy package for the no-longer provided i686-optimized build of ardour. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install ardour-i686 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ardour-i686 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ardour-i686 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ardour-i686
Install ardour-i686 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ardour-i686 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ardour-i686
Install ardour-i686 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ardour-i686 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ardour-i686
How To Uninstall ardour-i686 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ardour-i686 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ardour-i686
Uninstall ardour-i686 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ardour-i686 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ardour-i686
Remove ardour-i686 Configurations and Data
To remove ardour-i686 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ardour-i686
Remove ardour-i686 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ardour-i686 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ardour-i686
Dependencies
ardour-i686 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ardour-i686 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
