How To Install freeaptx-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeaptx-utils on Debian 12.
What is freeaptx-utils
freeaptx-utils is:
libfreeaptx is based on version 0.2.0 of libopenaptx with the intent of continuing under a free license without the additional license restriction added to libopenaptx 0.2.1.
This package contains utility tools such as freeaptxdec and freeaptxenc.
There are three methods to install freeaptx-utils 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 freeaptx-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freeaptx-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freeaptx-utils
Install freeaptx-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freeaptx-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freeaptx-utils
Install freeaptx-utils 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 freeaptx-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freeaptx-utils
How To Uninstall freeaptx-utils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the freeaptx-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freeaptx-utils
Uninstall freeaptx-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freeaptx-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeaptx-utils
Remove freeaptx-utils Configurations and Data
To remove freeaptx-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freeaptx-utils
Remove freeaptx-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freeaptx-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeaptx-utils
Dependencies
freeaptx-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeaptx-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
