How To Install libportaudio2 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libportaudio2 on Debian 11. libportaudio2 is Portable audio I/O - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libportaudio2 on Debian 11.

What is libportaudio2

libportaudio2 is:

PortAudio is a portable audio I/O library designed for cross-platform support of audio. It uses a callback mechanism to request audio processing. Audio can be generated in various formats, including 32 bit floating point, and will be converted to the native format internally.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libportaudio2 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 libportaudio2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libportaudio2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libportaudio2

Install libportaudio2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libportaudio2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libportaudio2

Install libportaudio2 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 libportaudio2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libportaudio2

How To Uninstall libportaudio2 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libportaudio2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libportaudio2

Uninstall libportaudio2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libportaudio2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libportaudio2

Remove libportaudio2 Configurations and Data

To remove libportaudio2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libportaudio2

Remove libportaudio2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libportaudio2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libportaudio2

Dependencies

libportaudio2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libportaudio2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.