How To Install libopenal-data on Debian 10

Learn how to install libopenal-data on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libopenal-data is Software implementation of the OpenAL audio API (data files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenal-data on Debian 10.

What is libopenal-data

libopenal-data is:

OpenAL, the Open Audio Library, is a joint effort to create an open, vendor-neutral, cross-platform API for interactive, primarily spatialized audio. OpenAL’s primary audience are application developers and desktop users that rely on portable standards like OpenGL, for games and other multimedia applications.

This package installs data files used by the OpenAL Soft shared library.

There are three methods to install libopenal-data 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 libopenal-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libopenal-data

Install libopenal-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopenal-data

Install libopenal-data 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 libopenal-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopenal-data

How To Uninstall libopenal-data on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libopenal-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopenal-data

Uninstall libopenal-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenal-data

Remove libopenal-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenal-data

Remove libopenal-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenal-data

Dependencies

libopenal-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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