How To Install libinstpatch-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinstpatch-dev on Debian 10.
What is libinstpatch-dev
libinstpatch-dev is:
libInstPatch stands for lib-Instrument-Patch and is a library for processing digital sample based MIDI instrument “patch” files. The types of files libInstPatch supports are used for creating instrument sounds for wavetable synthesis. This library provides an object framework (based on GObject) to load patch files into, which can then be edited, converted, compressed and saved.
More information can be found on the Project Swami website http://swami.sourceforge.net.
This package contains the headers and static library.
There are three methods to install libinstpatch-dev 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 libinstpatch-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 libinstpatch-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libinstpatch-dev
Install libinstpatch-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libinstpatch-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libinstpatch-dev
Install libinstpatch-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 libinstpatch-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libinstpatch-dev
How To Uninstall libinstpatch-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libinstpatch-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libinstpatch-dev
Uninstall libinstpatch-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libinstpatch-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libinstpatch-dev
Remove libinstpatch-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libinstpatch-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libinstpatch-dev
Remove libinstpatch-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libinstpatch-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libinstpatch-dev
Dependencies
libinstpatch-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinstpatch-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.