How To Install libaudio-scan-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudio-scan-perl on Debian 9.
What is libaudio-scan-perl
libaudio-scan-perl is:
Audio::Scan is a Perl module for extracting file metadata and tag information from several of the most common file formats, including: MP3, MP4, Musepack, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, ASF, WAV, AIFF, Monkey’s Audio, and WavPack.
There are three methods to install libaudio-scan-perl 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 libaudio-scan-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libaudio-scan-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libaudio-scan-perl
Install libaudio-scan-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libaudio-scan-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libaudio-scan-perl
Install libaudio-scan-perl 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 libaudio-scan-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libaudio-scan-perl
How To Uninstall libaudio-scan-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libaudio-scan-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libaudio-scan-perl
Uninstall libaudio-scan-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libaudio-scan-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaudio-scan-perl
Remove libaudio-scan-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libaudio-scan-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libaudio-scan-perl
Remove libaudio-scan-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libaudio-scan-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaudio-scan-perl
Dependencies
libaudio-scan-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudio-scan-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.