How To Install libaudiofile-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudiofile-dev on Debian 9. libaudiofile-dev is Open-source version of SGIs audiofile library (header files)

Introduction

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

What is libaudiofile-dev

libaudiofile-dev is:

The audiofile library allows the processing of audio data to and from audio files of many common formats (currently AIFF, AIFF-C, WAVE, NeXT/Sun, BICS, and raw data).

This package contains the development headers and library files needed to compile programs using libaudiofile, as well as example programs for identifying and converting audio files.

There are three methods to install libaudiofile-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 libaudiofile-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 libaudiofile-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libaudiofile-dev

Install libaudiofile-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libaudiofile-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libaudiofile-dev

How To Uninstall libaudiofile-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libaudiofile-dev

Uninstall libaudiofile-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaudiofile-dev

Remove libaudiofile-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libaudiofile-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libaudiofile-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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