How To Install faust-common on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install faust-common on Debian 12.
What is faust-common
faust-common is:
Faust is a functional programming language specifically designed for realtime audio applications and plugins. The syntax of the language is block diagram oriented. The faust compiler translate signal processing specifications into optimized C++ code for signal processing applications.
The generated code can be wrapped into an ‘architecture file’ in order to create for example a standalone jack/gtk application. Several architecture file are provided and additional ones are fairly easy to add.
This package contains the architecture independent files for faust as well as syntax highlighting files for various editors.
There are three methods to install faust-common 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 faust-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install faust-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install faust-common
Install faust-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install faust-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install faust-common
Install faust-common 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 faust-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install faust-common
How To Uninstall faust-common on Debian 12
To uninstall only the faust-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove faust-common
Uninstall faust-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall faust-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove faust-common
Remove faust-common Configurations and Data
To remove faust-common configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge faust-common
Remove faust-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove faust-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge faust-common
Dependencies
faust-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install faust-common package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.