How To Install libmusicbrainz5-2 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libmusicbrainz5-2 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libmusicbrainz5-2 is Library to access the MusicBrainz.org database (C wrapper functions)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmusicbrainz5-2 on Debian 10.

What is libmusicbrainz5-2

libmusicbrainz5-2 is:

MusicBrainz is a community music metadatabase that attempts to create a comprehensive music information site.

This package contains the shared library for the C wrapper functions.

There are three methods to install libmusicbrainz5-2 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 libmusicbrainz5-2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmusicbrainz5-2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmusicbrainz5-2

Install libmusicbrainz5-2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmusicbrainz5-2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmusicbrainz5-2

Install libmusicbrainz5-2 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 libmusicbrainz5-2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmusicbrainz5-2

How To Uninstall libmusicbrainz5-2 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libmusicbrainz5-2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmusicbrainz5-2

Uninstall libmusicbrainz5-2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmusicbrainz5-2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmusicbrainz5-2

Remove libmusicbrainz5-2 Configurations and Data

To remove libmusicbrainz5-2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmusicbrainz5-2

Remove libmusicbrainz5-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmusicbrainz5-2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmusicbrainz5-2

Dependencies

libmusicbrainz5-2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmusicbrainz5-2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.