How To Install ices2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ices2 on Debian 9.
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 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 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.