How To Install libvisual-projectm on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvisual-projectm
on Debian 9.
What is libvisual-projectm
libvisual-projectm is:
projectM is an iterative music visualization library which uses OpenGL for hardware acceleration. It is compatible with Milkdrop presets.
This package contains a module for libvisual enabling support for projectM.
There are three methods to install libvisual-projectm
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvisual-projectm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvisual-projectm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvisual-projectm
Install libvisual-projectm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvisual-projectm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvisual-projectm
Install libvisual-projectm 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 libvisual-projectm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvisual-projectm
How To Uninstall libvisual-projectm on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libvisual-projectm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvisual-projectm
Uninstall libvisual-projectm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvisual-projectm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvisual-projectm
Remove libvisual-projectm Configurations and Data
To remove libvisual-projectm
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvisual-projectm
Remove libvisual-projectm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvisual-projectm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvisual-projectm
Dependencies
libvisual-projectm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvisual-projectm
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.