How To Install liblo7 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblo7 on Debian 9.
What is liblo7
liblo7 is:
LibLO is a lightweight, easy to use implementation of the OSC (Open Sound Control) protocol (see http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/OpenSoundControl/ for details).
Open Sound Control (OSC) is a protocol for communication among computers, sound synthesizers, and other multimedia devices that is optimized for modern networking technology. OSC features:
- Open-ended, dynamic, URL-style symbolic naming scheme
- Symbolic and high-resolution numeric argument data
- Pattern matching language to specify multiple recipients of a single message
- High resolution time tags
- “Bundles” of messages whose effects must occur simultaneously
- Query system to dynamically find out the capabilities of an OSC server and get documentation
There are three methods to install liblo7 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install liblo7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblo7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblo7
Install liblo7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblo7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblo7
Install liblo7 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 liblo7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblo7
How To Uninstall liblo7 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the liblo7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblo7
Uninstall liblo7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblo7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblo7
Remove liblo7 Configurations and Data
To remove liblo7 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblo7
Remove liblo7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblo7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblo7
Dependencies
liblo7 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblo7 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.