How To Install roaraudio on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install roaraudio on Debian 9.
What is roaraudio
roaraudio is:
RoarAudio is a system for audio mixing. Its main purpose is to mix audio from different clients before sending it to its outputs (for example a soundcard). It is completely network transparent (UNIX sockets, TCP/IP, DECnet) and supports many common codecs like Ogg Vorbis, Speex or FLAC.
This package contains the RoarAudio sound server “roard” implementing the RoarAudio protocol.
There are three methods to install roaraudio 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 roaraudio Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install roaraudio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install roaraudio
Install roaraudio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install roaraudio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install roaraudio
Install roaraudio 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 roaraudio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install roaraudio
How To Uninstall roaraudio on Debian 9
To uninstall only the roaraudio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove roaraudio
Uninstall roaraudio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall roaraudio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove roaraudio
Remove roaraudio Configurations and Data
To remove roaraudio configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge roaraudio
Remove roaraudio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove roaraudio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge roaraudio
Dependencies
roaraudio have the following dependencies:
- libao4
- libasound2
- libc6
- libesd0
- libfishsound1
- libflac8
- libogg0
- liboggz2
- libportaudio2
- libpulse0
- libroar2
- libshout3
- libsndfile1
- libspeex1
- libspeexdsp1
- libvorbis0a
- libvorbisenc2
- libvorbisfile3
- libroar-compat2
- libroar-compat-tools
- roarclients
- lsb-base
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install roaraudio package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
