How To Install libcodec2-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcodec2-dev on Debian 9.
What is libcodec2-dev
libcodec2-dev is:
Codec2 is an audio codec especially designed for compressing voice at very low bit-rates for applications such as digital voice radio.
This package provides the codec2 library headers and development files.
There are three methods to install libcodec2-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 libcodec2-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 libcodec2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcodec2-dev
Install libcodec2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcodec2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcodec2-dev
Install libcodec2-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 libcodec2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcodec2-dev
How To Uninstall libcodec2-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libcodec2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcodec2-dev
Uninstall libcodec2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcodec2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcodec2-dev
Remove libcodec2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcodec2-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcodec2-dev
Remove libcodec2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcodec2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcodec2-dev
Dependencies
libcodec2-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcodec2-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.