How To Install audiotools on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install audiotools on Debian 9. audiotools is Collection of audio handling programs for the command line

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install audiotools on Debian 9.

What is audiotools

audiotools is:

These include programs for CD extraction, track conversion from one audio format to another, track renaming and retagging, track identification, CD burning from tracks, and more. Supports internationalized track filenames and metadata using Unicode. Works with high-definition, multi-channel audio as well as CD-quality. Track conversion uses multiple CPUs or CPU cores if available to greatly speed the transcoding process. Track metadata can be retrieved from FreeDB, MusicBrainz or compatible servers.

There are three methods to install audiotools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install audiotools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install audiotools

Install audiotools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install audiotools

Install audiotools 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 audiotools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install audiotools

How To Uninstall audiotools on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove audiotools

Uninstall audiotools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall audiotools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove audiotools

Remove audiotools Configurations and Data

To remove audiotools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge audiotools

Remove audiotools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge audiotools

Dependencies

audiotools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install audiotools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.