How To Install libpipewire-0.3-0 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipewire-0.3-0 on Debian 11. libpipewire-0.3-0 is libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipewire-0.3-0 on Debian 11.

What is libpipewire-0.3-0

libpipewire-0.3-0 is:

PipeWire is a server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines. This includes:

  • Making available sources of video (such as from a capture devices or application provided streams) and multiplexing this with clients.
  • Accessing sources of video for consumption.
  • Generating graphs for audio and video processing.

There are three methods to install libpipewire-0.3-0 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 libpipewire-0.3-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpipewire-0.3-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpipewire-0.3-0

Install libpipewire-0.3-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpipewire-0.3-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpipewire-0.3-0

Install libpipewire-0.3-0 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 libpipewire-0.3-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpipewire-0.3-0

How To Uninstall libpipewire-0.3-0 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libpipewire-0.3-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpipewire-0.3-0

Uninstall libpipewire-0.3-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpipewire-0.3-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpipewire-0.3-0

Remove libpipewire-0.3-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libpipewire-0.3-0 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpipewire-0.3-0

Remove libpipewire-0.3-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpipewire-0.3-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpipewire-0.3-0

Dependencies

libpipewire-0.3-0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipewire-0.3-0 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.