How To Install vorbis-tools-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install vorbis-tools-dbg on Debian 9. vorbis-tools-dbg is several Ogg Vorbis tools (debug files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vorbis-tools-dbg on Debian 9.

What is vorbis-tools-dbg

vorbis-tools-dbg is:

vorbis-tools contains oggenc (an encoder), ogg123 (a playback tool), ogginfo (displays ogg information), oggdec (decodes ogg files), vcut (ogg file splitter), and vorbiscomment (ogg comment editor).

ogg123 can play both Ogg Vorbis and FLAC audio streams.

This package contains debugging symbols useful for tracking bugs in applications with vorbis-tools.

There are three methods to install vorbis-tools-dbg 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 vorbis-tools-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vorbis-tools-dbg

Install vorbis-tools-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vorbis-tools-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vorbis-tools-dbg

Install vorbis-tools-dbg 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 vorbis-tools-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vorbis-tools-dbg

How To Uninstall vorbis-tools-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the vorbis-tools-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vorbis-tools-dbg

Uninstall vorbis-tools-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vorbis-tools-dbg

Remove vorbis-tools-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove vorbis-tools-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vorbis-tools-dbg

Remove vorbis-tools-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vorbis-tools-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vorbis-tools-dbg

Dependencies

vorbis-tools-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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