How To Install libcsoundac-dev on Debian 9

Introduction

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

What is libcsoundac-dev

libcsoundac-dev is:

This package contains the development files needed to build programs using the CsoundAC algorithmic composition system.

For more information on Csound and CsoundAC, see the csound and csoundac packages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcsoundac-dev

Install libcsoundac-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcsoundac-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcsoundac-dev

How To Uninstall libcsoundac-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libcsoundac-dev

Uninstall libcsoundac-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcsoundac-dev

Remove libcsoundac-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcsoundac-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libcsoundac-dev have the following dependencies:

• libcsoundac6.0v5

References

• libcsoundac-dev website

Summary

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