How To Install libcubeb-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libcubeb-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libcubeb-dev is cross platform audio library - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcubeb-dev on Debian 12.

What is libcubeb-dev

libcubeb-dev is:

cubeb is a cross platform audio library most notable for its use as the audio backend within Gecko, Mozilla’s browser engine. It supports multiple audio backends and allows enumeration of audio devices and opening audio streams with control over latency, sample rate and more.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libcubeb-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcubeb-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 libcubeb-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcubeb-dev

Install libcubeb-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcubeb-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcubeb-dev

How To Uninstall libcubeb-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libcubeb-dev

Uninstall libcubeb-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcubeb-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcubeb-dev

Remove libcubeb-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libcubeb-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcubeb-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libcubeb-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcubeb-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.