How To Install python-pymad on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pymad on Debian 9.
What is python-pymad
python-pymad is:
This module makes the MAD MP3 decoder library available to Python programs. It provides a high-level API to the MAD functions, that make reading audio data from an MPEG stream simple.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-pymad 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 python-pymad Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pymad using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pymad
Install python-pymad Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pymad using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pymad
Install python-pymad 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 python-pymad using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pymad
How To Uninstall python-pymad on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-pymad package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pymad
Uninstall python-pymad And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pymad and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pymad
Remove python-pymad Configurations and Data
To remove python-pymad configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pymad
Remove python-pymad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pymad configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pymad
Dependencies
python-pymad have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pymad package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
