How To Install python-soundfile on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-soundfile on Debian 9.
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.
Full documentation is available on http://pysoundfile.readthedocs.org/.
This package provides the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-soundfile 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-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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
