How To Install libcddb2-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcddb2-dev on Debian 9.
What is libcddb2-dev
libcddb2-dev is:
libcddb is a C library to access data about Audio CD on a CDDB server
It allows one to search the database for CD matches, get detailed information about a CD and submit new CD entries to the database. It supports both the custom CDDB protocol and the tunneling of the query over HTTP. HTTP Proxying is supported. It also features a cache system.
This package contains the development headers required to compile libcddb-enabled programs.
There are three methods to install libcddb2-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 libcddb2-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 libcddb2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcddb2-dev
Install libcddb2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcddb2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcddb2-dev
Install libcddb2-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 libcddb2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcddb2-dev
How To Uninstall libcddb2-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libcddb2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcddb2-dev
Uninstall libcddb2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcddb2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcddb2-dev
Remove libcddb2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcddb2-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcddb2-dev
Remove libcddb2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcddb2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcddb2-dev
Dependencies
libcddb2-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcddb2-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.