How To Install jack-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jack-tools on Debian 12.
What is jack-tools
jack-tools is:
jack-tools is a collection of small tools for the JACK Audio Connection Kit.
JACK allows the connection of multiple applications to an audio device, as well as allowing them to share audio between themselves.
jack-dl loads dsp algorithms from shared libraries. Commands are sent as OSC packets over a UDP connection.
jack-record is a light-weight JACK capture client to write an arbitrary number of channels to disk.
jack-scope draws either a time domain signal trace or a self correlation trace. Multiple input channels are superimposed, each channel is drawn in a different color. jack-scope accepts OSC packets for interactive control of drawing parameters.
jack-osc publishes the transport state of the local JACK server as OSC packets over a UDP connection. jack-osc allows any OSC enabled application to act as a JACK transport client, receiving sample accurate pulse stream timing data, and monitoring and initiating transport state change.
jack-plumbing maintains a set of port connection rules and manages these as clients register ports with JACK. Port names are implicitly bounded regular expressions and support sub-expression patterns.
jack-udp is a UDP audio transport mechanism for JACK. jack-udp is obsolete: use net driver instead.
jack-play is a light-weight JACK sound file player. It creates as many output ports as there are channels in the input file.
jack-transport is a JACK session manager. It reads configuration information from a system wide and a user specific configuration file and manages sessions involving the JACK daemon proper and optionally a set of secondary jack daemons.
There are three methods to install jack-tools 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 jack-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install jack-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install jack-tools
Install jack-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install jack-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install jack-tools
Install jack-tools 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 jack-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install jack-tools
How To Uninstall jack-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the jack-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove jack-tools
Uninstall jack-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall jack-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove jack-tools
Remove jack-tools Configurations and Data
To remove jack-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge jack-tools
Remove jack-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove jack-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jack-tools
Dependencies
jack-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jack-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
