How To Install cava on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cava on Debian 12.
What is cava
cava is:
C.A.V.A. is a bar spectrum audio visualizer for the Linux terminal using ALSA, pulseaudio or fifo buffer for input. This program is not intended for scientific use. It’s written to look responsive and aesthetic when used to visualize music.
There are three methods to install cava 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 cava Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cava using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cava
Install cava Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cava using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cava
Install cava 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 cava using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cava
How To Uninstall cava on Debian 12
To uninstall only the cava package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cava
Uninstall cava And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cava and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cava
Remove cava Configurations and Data
To remove cava configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cava
Remove cava configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cava configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cava
Dependencies
cava have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cava package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.