How To Install caps on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install caps on Debian 11. caps is C* Audio Plugin Suite

Introduction

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

What is caps

caps is:

caps comprises a range of classic sound effects and a few more basic audio DSP units, signal and noise generators. The suite’s aim is to provide impeccable sound quality, computational efficiency and no perceptible latency.

Documentation: http://quitte.de/dsp/caps.html

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install caps

Install caps Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install caps

Install caps 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 caps using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install caps

How To Uninstall caps on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove caps

Uninstall caps And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove caps

Remove caps Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge caps

Remove caps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge caps

Dependencies

caps have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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