How To Install libflac8 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libflac8 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libflac8 is Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtime C library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libflac8 on Debian 10.

What is libflac8

libflac8 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 libflac8 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 libflac8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libflac8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libflac8

Install libflac8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libflac8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libflac8

Install libflac8 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 libflac8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libflac8

How To Uninstall libflac8 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libflac8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libflac8

Uninstall libflac8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libflac8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libflac8

Remove libflac8 Configurations and Data

To remove libflac8 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libflac8

Remove libflac8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libflac8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libflac8

Dependencies

libflac8 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libflac8 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.