How To Install libflake-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libflake-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libflake-dev is Alternative encoder for the Free Lossless Audio Codec – Development files

Introduction

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

What is libflake-dev

libflake-dev is:

The purpose of Flake is to be an alternative to the FLAC reference encoder with the goal of increasing encoding speed and implementing experimental features.

Flake encodes WAV audio files into lossless FLAC files.

This package contains the static library and header files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libflake-dev

Install libflake-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libflake-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libflake-dev

How To Uninstall libflake-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libflake-dev

Uninstall libflake-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libflake-dev

Remove libflake-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libflake-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libflake-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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