How To Install vlc-plugin-jack on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-jack on Debian 9. vlc-plugin-jack is Jack audio plugins for VLC

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-jack on Debian 9.

What is vlc-plugin-jack

vlc-plugin-jack is:

VLC is the VideoLAN project’s media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.

These plugins add support for JACK to the VLC media player. To activate the audio output module, use the --aout jack' flag or select the jack’ audio output plugin from the preferences menu. For the jack input, use `vlc jack://channels=…:ports=…'

There are three methods to install vlc-plugin-jack 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 vlc-plugin-jack Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-jack

Install vlc-plugin-jack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-jack using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-jack

Install vlc-plugin-jack 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 vlc-plugin-jack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-jack

How To Uninstall vlc-plugin-jack on Debian 9

To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-jack package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-jack

Uninstall vlc-plugin-jack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-plugin-jack

Remove vlc-plugin-jack Configurations and Data

To remove vlc-plugin-jack configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-jack

Remove vlc-plugin-jack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vlc-plugin-jack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-jack

Dependencies

vlc-plugin-jack have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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