How To Install libgroovefingerprinter-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgroovefingerprinter-dev on Debian 9. libgroovefingerprinter-dev is acoustid fingerprinter sink for libgroove (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgroovefingerprinter-dev on Debian 9.

What is libgroovefingerprinter-dev

libgroovefingerprinter-dev is:

This C library provides a GrooveFingerprinter object which attaches to a GroovePlaylist and chromaprint to generate a unique id for media. The id can be used with the acoustid.org service to find out metadata tags for the media.

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgroovefingerprinter-dev

Install libgroovefingerprinter-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgroovefingerprinter-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgroovefingerprinter-dev

How To Uninstall libgroovefingerprinter-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libgroovefingerprinter-dev

Uninstall libgroovefingerprinter-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgroovefingerprinter-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgroovefingerprinter-dev

Remove libgroovefingerprinter-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgroovefingerprinter-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgroovefingerprinter-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgroovefingerprinter-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgroovefingerprinter-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.