How To Install libphonon4qt5experimental4 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libphonon4qt5experimental4 on Debian 9. libphonon4qt5experimental4 is multimedia framework from KDE using Qt 5 - experimental library (internal)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libphonon4qt5experimental4 on Debian 9.

What is libphonon4qt5experimental4

libphonon4qt5experimental4 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 Phonon-Experimental library, which might be needed by Phonon back-ends or other internal applications. Third-party applications should not depend on this library. Please read README.Debian before using this library.

There are three methods to install libphonon4qt5experimental4 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 libphonon4qt5experimental4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libphonon4qt5experimental4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libphonon4qt5experimental4

Install libphonon4qt5experimental4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libphonon4qt5experimental4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libphonon4qt5experimental4

Install libphonon4qt5experimental4 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 libphonon4qt5experimental4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libphonon4qt5experimental4

How To Uninstall libphonon4qt5experimental4 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libphonon4qt5experimental4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libphonon4qt5experimental4

Uninstall libphonon4qt5experimental4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libphonon4qt5experimental4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libphonon4qt5experimental4

Remove libphonon4qt5experimental4 Configurations and Data

To remove libphonon4qt5experimental4 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libphonon4qt5experimental4

Remove libphonon4qt5experimental4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libphonon4qt5experimental4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libphonon4qt5experimental4

Dependencies

libphonon4qt5experimental4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libphonon4qt5experimental4 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.