How To Install libmysofa-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libmysofa-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libmysofa-dev is library to read HRTFs stored in the AES69-2015 SOFA format - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysofa-dev on Debian 12.

What is libmysofa-dev

libmysofa-dev is:

libmysofa is a light weight C-library intended to read SOFA (Spatially Oriented Format for Acoustics) files for spatial rendering. It hardly has any library dependencies and is suitable for embedded devices.

It reads SOFA files and checks whether the data complies to the “SimpleFreeFieldHRIR” conventions. In addition, it provides functions to look-up and interpolate the filters for a given orientation and to normalize the HRTFs (Head-Related Transfer Functions) to a reference level.

This package contains the files necessary to compile applications using libmysofa.

There are three methods to install libmysofa-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmysofa-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 libmysofa-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmysofa-dev

Install libmysofa-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmysofa-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmysofa-dev

How To Uninstall libmysofa-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libmysofa-dev

Uninstall libmysofa-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmysofa-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmysofa-dev

Remove libmysofa-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmysofa-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmysofa-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmysofa-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysofa-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.