How To Install liblastfm5-1 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm5-1 on Debian 11. liblastfm5-1 is Last.fm web services library (Qt5 build)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm5-1 on Debian 11.

What is liblastfm5-1

liblastfm5-1 is:

liblastfm is a collection of C++/Qt5 libraries provided by Last.fm for use with their web services.

This package contains the base web services library.

There are three methods to install liblastfm5-1 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install liblastfm5-1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblastfm5-1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblastfm5-1

Install liblastfm5-1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblastfm5-1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblastfm5-1

Install liblastfm5-1 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 liblastfm5-1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblastfm5-1

How To Uninstall liblastfm5-1 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the liblastfm5-1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblastfm5-1

Uninstall liblastfm5-1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblastfm5-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblastfm5-1

Remove liblastfm5-1 Configurations and Data

To remove liblastfm5-1 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblastfm5-1

Remove liblastfm5-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblastfm5-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblastfm5-1

Dependencies

liblastfm5-1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm5-1 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.