How To Install libfreeaptx-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libfreeaptx-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libfreeaptx-dev is Development files for Free implementation of aptX

Introduction

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

What is libfreeaptx-dev

libfreeaptx-dev is:

libfreeaptx is based on version 0.2.0 of libopenaptx with the intent of continuing under a free license without the additional license restriction added to libopenaptx 0.2.1.

This package contains development files for libfreeaptx.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfreeaptx-dev

Install libfreeaptx-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfreeaptx-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libfreeaptx-dev

How To Uninstall libfreeaptx-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libfreeaptx-dev

Uninstall libfreeaptx-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreeaptx-dev

Remove libfreeaptx-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfreeaptx-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libfreeaptx-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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