How To Install ices2 on Debian 10

Learn how to install ices2 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ices2 is Ogg Vorbis streaming source for Icecast 2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ices2 on Debian 10.

What is ices2

ices2 is:

IceS 2.x is used to source Icecast 2 streaming audio servers with Ogg Vorbis audio streams. It supports both live audio input from a soundcard and re-encoding of Ogg Vorbis files from a playlist.

There are three methods to install ices2 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ices2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ices2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ices2

Install ices2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ices2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ices2

Install ices2 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 ices2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ices2

How To Uninstall ices2 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the ices2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ices2

Uninstall ices2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ices2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ices2

Remove ices2 Configurations and Data

To remove ices2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ices2

Remove ices2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ices2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ices2

Dependencies

ices2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ices2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.