How To Install libcodec2-0.8.1 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcodec2-0.8.1 on Debian 10.
What is libcodec2-0.8.1
libcodec2-0.8.1 is:
Next-Generation Digital Voice for Two-Way Radio
Codec2 is an audio codec especially designed for compressing voice at very low bit-rates for applications such as digital voice radio.
This package contains the codec2 runtime library.
There are three methods to install libcodec2-0.8.1 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcodec2-0.8.1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcodec2-0.8.1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcodec2-0.8.1
Install libcodec2-0.8.1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcodec2-0.8.1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcodec2-0.8.1
Install libcodec2-0.8.1 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 libcodec2-0.8.1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcodec2-0.8.1
How To Uninstall libcodec2-0.8.1 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libcodec2-0.8.1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcodec2-0.8.1
Uninstall libcodec2-0.8.1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcodec2-0.8.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcodec2-0.8.1
Remove libcodec2-0.8.1 Configurations and Data
To remove libcodec2-0.8.1 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcodec2-0.8.1
Remove libcodec2-0.8.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcodec2-0.8.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcodec2-0.8.1
Dependencies
libcodec2-0.8.1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcodec2-0.8.1 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.