How To Install liblastfm-fingerprint1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm-fingerprint1 on Debian 9. liblastfm-fingerprint1 is Last.fm fingerprinting library (Qt4 build)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm-fingerprint1 on Debian 9.

What is liblastfm-fingerprint1

liblastfm-fingerprint1 is:

liblastfm is a collection of C++/Qt4 libraries provided by Last.fm for use with their web services.

This library lets you fingerprint decoded audio tracks and fetch metadata suggestions for them.

There are three methods to install liblastfm-fingerprint1 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 liblastfm-fingerprint1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblastfm-fingerprint1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblastfm-fingerprint1

Install liblastfm-fingerprint1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblastfm-fingerprint1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblastfm-fingerprint1

Install liblastfm-fingerprint1 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 liblastfm-fingerprint1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblastfm-fingerprint1

How To Uninstall liblastfm-fingerprint1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the liblastfm-fingerprint1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblastfm-fingerprint1

Uninstall liblastfm-fingerprint1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblastfm-fingerprint1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblastfm-fingerprint1

Remove liblastfm-fingerprint1 Configurations and Data

To remove liblastfm-fingerprint1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblastfm-fingerprint1

Remove liblastfm-fingerprint1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblastfm-fingerprint1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblastfm-fingerprint1

Dependencies

liblastfm-fingerprint1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm-fingerprint1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.