How To Install libfreeaptx0 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libfreeaptx0 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libfreeaptx0 is Free implementation of aptX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreeaptx0 on Debian 12.

What is libfreeaptx0

libfreeaptx0 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.

The initial version of libfreeaptx was reset to 0.1.0 to prevent confusion between the two projects.

There are three methods to install libfreeaptx0 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 libfreeaptx0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfreeaptx0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfreeaptx0

Install libfreeaptx0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfreeaptx0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfreeaptx0

Install libfreeaptx0 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 libfreeaptx0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfreeaptx0

How To Uninstall libfreeaptx0 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libfreeaptx0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfreeaptx0

Uninstall libfreeaptx0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfreeaptx0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreeaptx0

Remove libfreeaptx0 Configurations and Data

To remove libfreeaptx0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfreeaptx0

Remove libfreeaptx0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfreeaptx0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfreeaptx0

Dependencies

libfreeaptx0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreeaptx0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.