How To Install libmpcdec6 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libmpcdec6 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libmpcdec6 is MusePack decoder - library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpcdec6 on Debian 10.

What is libmpcdec6

libmpcdec6 is:

Musepack is an audio compression format with a strong emphasis on high quality. It’s not lossless, but it is designed for transparency, so that you won’t be able to hear differences between the original wave file and the much smaller MPC file.

It is based on the MPEG-1 Layer-2 / MP2 algorithms, but since 1997 it has rapidly developed and vastly improved and is now at an advanced stage in which it contains heavily optimized and patentless code.

There are three methods to install libmpcdec6 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 libmpcdec6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmpcdec6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmpcdec6

Install libmpcdec6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmpcdec6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmpcdec6

Install libmpcdec6 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 libmpcdec6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmpcdec6

How To Uninstall libmpcdec6 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libmpcdec6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmpcdec6

Uninstall libmpcdec6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmpcdec6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpcdec6

Remove libmpcdec6 Configurations and Data

To remove libmpcdec6 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmpcdec6

Remove libmpcdec6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmpcdec6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpcdec6

Dependencies

libmpcdec6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpcdec6 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.