How To Install libphonon4qt5-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libphonon4qt5-dev on Debian 9.
What is libphonon4qt5-dev
libphonon4qt5-dev 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 development files needed to build Qt 5 applications using the Phonon cross-platform multimedia framework.
There are three methods to install libphonon4qt5-dev on Debian 9. 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-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 libphonon4qt5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libphonon4qt5-dev
Install libphonon4qt5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libphonon4qt5-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libphonon4qt5-dev
Install libphonon4qt5-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 libphonon4qt5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libphonon4qt5-dev
How To Uninstall libphonon4qt5-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libphonon4qt5-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libphonon4qt5-dev
Uninstall libphonon4qt5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libphonon4qt5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libphonon4qt5-dev
Remove libphonon4qt5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libphonon4qt5-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libphonon4qt5-dev
Remove libphonon4qt5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libphonon4qt5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libphonon4qt5-dev
Dependencies
libphonon4qt5-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libphonon4qt5-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.