How To Install libdca-utils on Debian 10

Learn how to install libdca-utils on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libdca-utils is decoding library for DTS Coherent Acoustics streams (utilities)

Introduction

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

What is libdca-utils

libdca-utils is:

libdca provides a low-level interface to decode audio frames encoded using DTS Coherent Acoustics. DTS Coherent Acoustics streams are commonly found on DVDs, DTS audio CDs and some radio broadcastings. libdca also provides downmixing and dynamic range compression for various output configurations.

This package contains additional utilities.

There are three methods to install libdca-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 libdca-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 libdca-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdca-utils

Install libdca-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdca-utils

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

sudo aptitude -y install libdca-utils

How To Uninstall libdca-utils on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libdca-utils

Uninstall libdca-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdca-utils

Remove libdca-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libdca-utils

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

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

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

Dependencies

libdca-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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