How To Install sidplay on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install sidplay on Debian 9. sidplay is Music player for tunes from C64 and C128 (console)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sidplay on Debian 9.

What is sidplay

sidplay is:

This is a simple music player for C64 and C128 tunes, also known as SID tunes.

There are three methods to install sidplay 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 sidplay Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sidplay

Install sidplay Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sidplay using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sidplay

Install sidplay 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 sidplay using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sidplay

How To Uninstall sidplay on Debian 9

To uninstall only the sidplay package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sidplay

Uninstall sidplay And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sidplay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sidplay

Remove sidplay Configurations and Data

To remove sidplay configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sidplay

Remove sidplay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sidplay

Dependencies

sidplay have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sidplay package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.