How To Install libflac12 on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libflac12 on Debian 12.

What is libflac12

libflac12 is:

FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC is similar to MP3, but lossless. The FLAC project consists of:

• The stream format
• libFLAC, which implements a reference encoder, stream decoder, and file decoder
• flac, which is a command-line wrapper around libFLAC to encode and decode .flac files
• Input plugins for various music players (Winamp, XMMS, and more in the works)

This package contains the runtime library libFLAC.

There are three methods to install libflac12 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 libflac12 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libflac12 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libflac12

Install libflac12 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libflac12 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libflac12

Install libflac12 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 libflac12 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libflac12

How To Uninstall libflac12 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libflac12 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libflac12

Uninstall libflac12 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libflac12 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libflac12

Remove libflac12 Configurations and Data

To remove libflac12 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libflac12

Remove libflac12 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libflac12 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libflac12

Dependencies

libflac12 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libogg0

References

• libflac12 website
• libflac12 on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libflac12 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.