How To Install cantata on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cantata on Debian 12.
What is cantata
cantata is:
Cantata is a graphical front-end for the music player daemon, MPD. It provides many tools to view and manage the music collection including:
- library - sorted by album, artist, track, directory
- albums with cover art
- user defined playlists
- dynamic playlists
- streams, internet radio
- lyrics
- artist information from Wikipedia
- device support for USB mass storage, MTP and CDs
There are three methods to install cantata 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 cantata Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cantata using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cantata
Install cantata Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cantata using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cantata
Install cantata 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 cantata using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cantata
How To Uninstall cantata on Debian 12
To uninstall only the cantata package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cantata
Uninstall cantata And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cantata and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cantata
Remove cantata Configurations and Data
To remove cantata configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cantata
Remove cantata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cantata configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cantata
Dependencies
cantata have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cantata package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.