How To Install libalure-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libalure-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libalure-dev is AL Utilities REtooled (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libalure-dev on Debian 10.

What is libalure-dev

libalure-dev is:

ALURE is a utility library to help manage common tasks with OpenAL applications. This includes device enumeration and initialization, file loading, and streaming.

The purpose of this library is to provide pre-made functionality that would otherwise be repetitive or difficult to (re)code for various projects and platforms, such as loading a sound file into an OpenAL buffer and streaming an audio file through a buffer queue. Support for different formats is consistant across platforms, so no special checks are needed when loading files, and all formats are handled through the same API.

Currently ALURE includes a basic .wav and .aif file reader, and can leverage external libraries such as libSndFile (for extended wave formats and several others), VorbisFile (for Ogg Vorbis), and FLAC (for FLAC and Ogg FLAC), and others. External libraries can also be dynamically loaded at run-time, or individually disabled outright at compile time.

This package contains the files necessary for development.

There are three methods to install libalure-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libalure-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libalure-dev

Install libalure-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libalure-dev

Install libalure-dev 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 libalure-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libalure-dev

How To Uninstall libalure-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libalure-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libalure-dev

Uninstall libalure-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libalure-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libalure-dev

Remove libalure-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libalure-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libalure-dev

Remove libalure-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libalure-dev

Dependencies

libalure-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libalure-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.