How To Install libaudclient-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudclient-dev on Debian 9. libaudclient-dev is audacious D-Bus remote control library (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudclient-dev on Debian 9.

What is libaudclient-dev

libaudclient-dev is:

Audacious is a fork of beep-media-player which supports Winamp skins and many codecs.

In the default install, the following codecs are supported:

  • MP3
  • Ogg Vorbis / Theora
  • AAC and AAC+
  • FLAC
  • ALAC
  • Windows Media (WMA)
  • WAVE

Additionally, Audacious is extendable through plugins, and contains other useful features like LIRC support. Support for many more codecs can also be added through plugins.

This package contains a development files and headers for the library used to remote control audacious.

There are three methods to install libaudclient-dev 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 libaudclient-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libaudclient-dev

Install libaudclient-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libaudclient-dev

Install libaudclient-dev 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 libaudclient-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaudclient-dev

How To Uninstall libaudclient-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libaudclient-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaudclient-dev

Uninstall libaudclient-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libaudclient-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaudclient-dev

Remove libaudclient-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libaudclient-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libaudclient-dev

Remove libaudclient-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaudclient-dev

Dependencies

libaudclient-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudclient-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.