How To Install bpm-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bpm-tools on Debian 12.
What is bpm-tools
bpm-tools is:
The bpm-tools commands are used to automatically calculate the tempo (in beats-per-minute) of music, optionally displaying an analysis and adding it to file ’tags’. The data from these tags can be especially useful for navigating a music library in DJ software such as xwax(1).
The bpm command implements the algorithm on raw data, but the most commonly used command is bpm-tag to tag the file with the tempo in bpm. The bpm-graph command will produce a plot of the results of the autocorrelation.
There are three methods to install bpm-tools on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bpm-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bpm-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bpm-tools
Install bpm-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bpm-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bpm-tools
Install bpm-tools 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 bpm-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bpm-tools
How To Uninstall bpm-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the bpm-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bpm-tools
Uninstall bpm-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bpm-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bpm-tools
Remove bpm-tools Configurations and Data
To remove bpm-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bpm-tools
Remove bpm-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bpm-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bpm-tools
Dependencies
bpm-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bpm-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.