How To Install libroar-compat-tools on Debian 10

Learn how to install libroar-compat-tools on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libroar-compat-tools is drop-in replacements for other sound libraries (tools package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libroar-compat-tools on Debian 10.

What is libroar-compat-tools

libroar-compat-tools is:

To get programs which use the PulseAudio or YIFF API running, you can install this package and replace the appropriate libraries.

This package contains the required tools for the libroar-compat package.

There are three methods to install libroar-compat-tools 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 libroar-compat-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libroar-compat-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libroar-compat-tools

Install libroar-compat-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libroar-compat-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libroar-compat-tools

Install libroar-compat-tools 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 libroar-compat-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libroar-compat-tools

How To Uninstall libroar-compat-tools on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libroar-compat-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libroar-compat-tools

Uninstall libroar-compat-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libroar-compat-tools

Remove libroar-compat-tools Configurations and Data

To remove libroar-compat-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libroar-compat-tools

Remove libroar-compat-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libroar-compat-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libroar-compat-tools

Dependencies

libroar-compat-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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