How To Install libcsound64-6.0 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libcsound64-6.0 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libcsound64-6.0 is main library for Csound

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcsound64-6.0 on Debian 10.

What is libcsound64-6.0

libcsound64-6.0 is:

This package contains the library which provides most of the Csound functionality. This library was built using 64-bit precision for the calculations (this doesn’t mean you need a 64-bit processor).

For more information on Csound, see the csound package.

There are three methods to install libcsound64-6.0 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 libcsound64-6.0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcsound64-6.0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcsound64-6.0

Install libcsound64-6.0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcsound64-6.0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcsound64-6.0

Install libcsound64-6.0 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 libcsound64-6.0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcsound64-6.0

How To Uninstall libcsound64-6.0 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libcsound64-6.0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcsound64-6.0

Uninstall libcsound64-6.0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcsound64-6.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcsound64-6.0

Remove libcsound64-6.0 Configurations and Data

To remove libcsound64-6.0 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcsound64-6.0

Remove libcsound64-6.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcsound64-6.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcsound64-6.0

Dependencies

libcsound64-6.0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcsound64-6.0 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.