How To Install libsfark-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libsfark-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libsfark-dev is Header files for sfArk library

Introduction

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

What is libsfark-dev

libsfark-dev is:

sfArk is a lossless audio compression format optimized for SoundFont files. This library can decompress such files into .sf SoundFont files.

Only sfArk V2+ files are supported by this library.

This is the development package for developing applications that depend on libsfark.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsfark-dev

Install libsfark-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsfark-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libsfark-dev

How To Uninstall libsfark-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libsfark-dev

Uninstall libsfark-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsfark-dev

Remove libsfark-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsfark-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libsfark-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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