How To Install libphonon4qt5-4 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libphonon4qt5-4 on Debian 11. libphonon4qt5-4 is multimedia framework from KDE using Qt 5 - core library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libphonon4qt5-4 on Debian 11.

What is libphonon4qt5-4

libphonon4qt5-4 is:

Phonon is a Qt 5 multimedia API, which provides a task-oriented abstraction layer for capturing, mixing, processing, and playing audio and video content.

This package contains the core library of the Phonon cross-platform multimedia framework from KDE. It is required to run applications that use Phonon.

There are three methods to install libphonon4qt5-4 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libphonon4qt5-4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libphonon4qt5-4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libphonon4qt5-4

Install libphonon4qt5-4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libphonon4qt5-4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libphonon4qt5-4

Install libphonon4qt5-4 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 libphonon4qt5-4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libphonon4qt5-4

How To Uninstall libphonon4qt5-4 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libphonon4qt5-4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libphonon4qt5-4

Uninstall libphonon4qt5-4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libphonon4qt5-4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libphonon4qt5-4

Remove libphonon4qt5-4 Configurations and Data

To remove libphonon4qt5-4 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libphonon4qt5-4

Remove libphonon4qt5-4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libphonon4qt5-4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libphonon4qt5-4

Dependencies

libphonon4qt5-4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libphonon4qt5-4 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.