How To Install ifpgui on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ifpgui on Debian 9.
What is ifpgui
ifpgui is:
This project is an open-source graphical user interface (GUI) for iRiver’s iFP flash audio players. It uses libifp to access the player over the management interface.
This program does not work with the H, T or other recent models. These models are known to work: iFP-1xx,3xx,5xx,7xx,8xx,9xx and N10. You can only use this software if your player has the “Management” version of iRiver’s firmware installed.
There are three methods to install ifpgui 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 ifpgui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ifpgui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ifpgui
Install ifpgui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ifpgui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ifpgui
Install ifpgui 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 ifpgui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ifpgui
How To Uninstall ifpgui on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ifpgui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ifpgui
Uninstall ifpgui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ifpgui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ifpgui
Remove ifpgui Configurations and Data
To remove ifpgui configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ifpgui
Remove ifpgui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ifpgui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ifpgui
Dependencies
ifpgui have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ifpgui package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.