How To Install libspa-0.2-jack on Debian 12

Learn how to install libspa-0.2-jack on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libspa-0.2-jack is libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - JACK client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspa-0.2-jack on Debian 12.

What is libspa-0.2-jack

libspa-0.2-jack is:

PipeWire is a server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines. This includes:

  • Making available sources of video (such as from a capture devices or application provided streams) and multiplexing this with clients.
  • Accessing sources of video for consumption.
  • Generating graphs for audio and video processing.

This package contains a plugin to make PipeWire able to connect to a JACK server, which will be used for audio playback and recording.

There are three methods to install libspa-0.2-jack 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 libspa-0.2-jack Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libspa-0.2-jack using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libspa-0.2-jack

Install libspa-0.2-jack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libspa-0.2-jack using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libspa-0.2-jack

Install libspa-0.2-jack 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 libspa-0.2-jack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libspa-0.2-jack

How To Uninstall libspa-0.2-jack on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libspa-0.2-jack package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libspa-0.2-jack

Uninstall libspa-0.2-jack And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libspa-0.2-jack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspa-0.2-jack

Remove libspa-0.2-jack Configurations and Data

To remove libspa-0.2-jack configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libspa-0.2-jack

Remove libspa-0.2-jack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libspa-0.2-jack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspa-0.2-jack

Dependencies

libspa-0.2-jack have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspa-0.2-jack package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.