How To Install flake on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flake on Debian 10.
What is flake
flake is:
The purpose of Flake is to be an alternative to the FLAC reference encoder with the goal of increasing encoding speed and implementing experimental features.
Flake encodes WAV audio files into lossless FLAC files.
There are three methods to install flake on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install flake Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install flake using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flake
Install flake Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flake using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flake
Install flake 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 flake using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flake
How To Uninstall flake on Debian 10
To uninstall only the flake package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flake
Uninstall flake And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flake and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flake
Remove flake Configurations and Data
To remove flake configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flake
Remove flake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flake configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flake
Dependencies
flake have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flake package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
