How To Install vorbis-tools on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install vorbis-tools on Debian 9. vorbis-tools is several Ogg Vorbis tools

Introduction

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

What is vorbis-tools

vorbis-tools 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.

There are three methods to install vorbis-tools 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vorbis-tools

Install vorbis-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vorbis-tools

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

sudo aptitude -y install vorbis-tools

How To Uninstall vorbis-tools on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove vorbis-tools

Uninstall vorbis-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vorbis-tools

Remove vorbis-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vorbis-tools

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

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

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

Dependencies

vorbis-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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