How To Install silentjack on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install silentjack on Debian 9. silentjack is silence detector for the JACK audio system

Introduction

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

What is silentjack

silentjack is:

SilentJack listens, using the JACK audio system, for silence. When silence is detected, it runs the command specified. Once the command has been run, a grace period is observed before resuming the silence detection.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install silentjack

Install silentjack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install silentjack

Install silentjack 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 silentjack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install silentjack

How To Uninstall silentjack on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove silentjack

Uninstall silentjack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove silentjack

Remove silentjack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge silentjack

Remove silentjack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge silentjack

Dependencies

silentjack have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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