How To Install bitmeter on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bitmeter on Debian 11.
What is bitmeter
bitmeter is:
JACK Bitmeter is a diagnosis tool for JACK audio software. As its name might suggest, the bitmeter operates at the bare metal of JACK’s I/O layer, looking at the 32 binary digits in each individual sample.
Think of bitmeter like the cable detector in your toolbox. You cannot use a cable detector to drive screws into wood, or to undo bolts, or measure the length of a copper pipe, but it’s the perfect tool for detecting hidden cables in walls before you drill. You will rarely need bitmeter, in fact most JACK users will never use it at all, but having it and never needing it is much better than needing it and not having it.
There are three methods to install bitmeter 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 bitmeter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bitmeter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bitmeter
Install bitmeter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bitmeter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bitmeter
Install bitmeter 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 bitmeter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bitmeter
How To Uninstall bitmeter on Debian 11
To uninstall only the bitmeter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bitmeter
Uninstall bitmeter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bitmeter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bitmeter
Remove bitmeter Configurations and Data
To remove bitmeter configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bitmeter
Remove bitmeter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bitmeter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bitmeter
Dependencies
bitmeter have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libjack-jackd2-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- jackd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bitmeter package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.