How To Install libopusenc-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libopusenc-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libopusenc-dev is High-level API for encoding Opus audio streams (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopusenc-dev on Debian 12.

What is libopusenc-dev

libopusenc-dev is:

libopusenc provides a convenient high-level API for creating .opus files or streaming Ogg Opus data. It is implemented as a layer on top of Xiph.Org’s reference libopus library.

This package provides the libopusenc library headers and development files.

There are three methods to install libopusenc-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libopusenc-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libopusenc-dev

Install libopusenc-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopusenc-dev

Install libopusenc-dev 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 libopusenc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopusenc-dev

How To Uninstall libopusenc-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libopusenc-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopusenc-dev

Uninstall libopusenc-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopusenc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopusenc-dev

Remove libopusenc-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libopusenc-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopusenc-dev

Remove libopusenc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopusenc-dev

Dependencies

libopusenc-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopusenc-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.