How To Install codec2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install codec2 on Debian 9.
What is codec2
codec2 is:
Codec2 is an audio codec especially designed for compressing voice at very low bit-rates for applications such as digital voice radio.
This package contains the encoder and decoder command-line applications.
There are three methods to install codec2 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 codec2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install codec2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install codec2
Install codec2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install codec2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install codec2
Install codec2 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 codec2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install codec2
How To Uninstall codec2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the codec2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove codec2
Uninstall codec2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall codec2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove codec2
Remove codec2 Configurations and Data
To remove codec2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge codec2
Remove codec2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove codec2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge codec2
Dependencies
codec2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install codec2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
