How To Install python-soundfile on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-soundfile on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-soundfile is Python audio module based on libsndfile and NumPy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-soundfile on Debian 10.

What is python-soundfile

python-soundfile is:

PySoundFile can read and write sound files in a variety of formats and eases the application of signal processing algorithms. File reading/writing is supported through libsndfile. By default, PySoundFile represents audio data as NumPy arrays, but ordinary Python buffers are supported as well.

This package provides the Python 2.x module.

There are three methods to install python-soundfile 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 python-soundfile 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-soundfile using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-soundfile

Install python-soundfile Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-soundfile

Install python-soundfile 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-soundfile using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-soundfile

How To Uninstall python-soundfile on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-soundfile package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-soundfile

Uninstall python-soundfile And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-soundfile

Remove python-soundfile Configurations and Data

To remove python-soundfile configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-soundfile

Remove python-soundfile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-soundfile

Dependencies

python-soundfile have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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