How To Install libsfark0 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libsfark0 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libsfark0 is Library for decompressing sfArk soundfonts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsfark0 on Debian 10.

What is libsfark0

libsfark0 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.

There are three methods to install libsfark0 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 libsfark0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsfark0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsfark0

Install libsfark0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsfark0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsfark0

Install libsfark0 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 libsfark0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsfark0

How To Uninstall libsfark0 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libsfark0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsfark0

Uninstall libsfark0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsfark0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsfark0

Remove libsfark0 Configurations and Data

To remove libsfark0 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsfark0

Remove libsfark0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsfark0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsfark0

Dependencies

libsfark0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsfark0 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.