How To Install aylet on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install aylet on Debian 11. aylet is ncurses-based player for Spectrum .ay music files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aylet on Debian 11.

What is aylet

aylet is:

aylet plays music files in the `.ay’ format. These files are essentially wrappers around bits of Z80 code which play music on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128’s sound hardware - either the beeper, or (eponymously) the AY-3-8912 sound chip. Files using the Amstrad CPC ports are also supported.

One source of `.ay’ files playable with aylet is “Project AY” on the World of Spectrum website:

There are three methods to install aylet on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install aylet Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aylet

Install aylet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aylet

Install aylet 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 aylet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aylet

How To Uninstall aylet on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove aylet

Uninstall aylet And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aylet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aylet

Remove aylet Configurations and Data

To remove aylet configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aylet

Remove aylet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aylet

Dependencies

aylet have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aylet package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.