How To Install mpdtoys on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpdtoys on Debian 11.
What is mpdtoys
mpdtoys is:
This is a collection of small toys and tools for doing various things to MPD (Music Player Daemon) from the command line. Some of them are very useful, while others are only amusing.
Some examples of things the mpdtoys can do include moving the playing song between different mpd daemons on different machines, storing the state of a mpd daemon and loading it back later, reversing the playlist, slowly fading volume up or down, stopping playback after the current song finishes, emulating a skipping record, and editing the playlist in a text editor.
There are three methods to install mpdtoys 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 mpdtoys Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mpdtoys using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mpdtoys
Install mpdtoys Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mpdtoys using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mpdtoys
Install mpdtoys 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 mpdtoys using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mpdtoys
How To Uninstall mpdtoys on Debian 11
To uninstall only the mpdtoys package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mpdtoys
Uninstall mpdtoys And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mpdtoys and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpdtoys
Remove mpdtoys Configurations and Data
To remove mpdtoys configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mpdtoys
Remove mpdtoys configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mpdtoys configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpdtoys
Dependencies
mpdtoys have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpdtoys package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
