How To Install libambix-utils on Debian 10

Learn how to install libambix-utils on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libambix-utils is AMBIsonics eXchange library (utilities)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libambix-utils on Debian 10.

What is libambix-utils

libambix-utils is:

libambix is a library of C routines for reading and writing files following the “ambix” (AMBIsonics eXchange) conventions.

Ambisonics is a periphonic (3D) surround sound technique, with a scalable spatial resolution (put simply: “the more audio channels you use, the better”). The ambix convention defines an extensible format for exchanging soundfiles containing Higher Order Ambisonics data.

This package contains additional commandline utilities to work with ambix-files:

  • ambix-info: Print information on ambix files
  • ambix-interleave: Merges several audio files into an ambix file
  • ambix-deinterleave: Split an ambix file into several mono files
  • ambix-jplay: Play back an ambix file via JACK
  • ambix-jrecord: Record an ambix file via JACK

There are three methods to install libambix-utils 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 libambix-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libambix-utils

Install libambix-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libambix-utils

Install libambix-utils 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 libambix-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libambix-utils

How To Uninstall libambix-utils on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libambix-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libambix-utils

Uninstall libambix-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libambix-utils

Remove libambix-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libambix-utils

Remove libambix-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libambix-utils

Dependencies

libambix-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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