How To Install openal-info on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openal-info on Debian 9.
What is openal-info
openal-info is:
This utility is useful in diagnosing OpenAL related issues and for displaying helpful informationa about what is supported on your system with OpenAL.
This package installs the OpenAL Soft openal-info utility.
There are three methods to install openal-info 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 openal-info Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openal-info using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openal-info
Install openal-info Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openal-info using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openal-info
Install openal-info 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 openal-info using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openal-info
How To Uninstall openal-info on Debian 9
To uninstall only the openal-info package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openal-info
Uninstall openal-info And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openal-info and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openal-info
Remove openal-info Configurations and Data
To remove openal-info configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openal-info
Remove openal-info configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openal-info configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openal-info
Dependencies
openal-info have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openal-info package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
