How To Install madplay on Debian 10

Learn how to install madplay on Debian 10 with this tutorial. madplay is MPEG audio player in fixed point

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install madplay on Debian 10.

What is madplay

madplay is:

MAD is an MPEG audio decoder. It currently only supports the MPEG 1 standard, but fully implements all three audio layers (Layer I, Layer II, and Layer III, the latter often colloquially known as MP3.). There is also full support for ID3 tags.

All work is done in fixed point, so it even works on machines without an FPU.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install madplay

Install madplay Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install madplay

Install madplay 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 madplay using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install madplay

How To Uninstall madplay on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove madplay

Uninstall madplay And Its Dependencies

To uninstall madplay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove madplay

Remove madplay Configurations and Data

To remove madplay configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge madplay

Remove madplay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge madplay

Dependencies

madplay have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install madplay package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.