How To Install faad on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install faad on Debian 9.
What is faad
faad is:
FAAD2 is the fastest ISO AAC audio decoder available. FAAD2 correctly decodes all MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 MAIN, LOW, LTP, LD and ER object type AAC files.
This package contains a command line interface to play AAC or MP4 files.
There are three methods to install faad 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 faad Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install faad using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install faad
Install faad Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install faad using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install faad
Install faad 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 faad using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install faad
How To Uninstall faad on Debian 9
To uninstall only the faad package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove faad
Uninstall faad And Its Dependencies
To uninstall faad and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove faad
Remove faad Configurations and Data
To remove faad configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge faad
Remove faad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove faad configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge faad
Dependencies
faad have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install faad package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.