How To Install libsdl-mixer1.2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsdl-mixer1.2 on Debian 9.
What is libsdl-mixer1.2
libsdl-mixer1.2 is:
SDL_mixer is a sample multi-channel audio mixer library. It supports any number of simultaneously playing channels of 16 bit stereo audio, plus a single channel of music, mixed by the popular FLAC, MikMod MOD, Timidity MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, and SMPEG MP3 libraries.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libsdl-mixer1.2 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 libsdl-mixer1.2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsdl-mixer1.2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsdl-mixer1.2
Install libsdl-mixer1.2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsdl-mixer1.2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsdl-mixer1.2
Install libsdl-mixer1.2 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 libsdl-mixer1.2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsdl-mixer1.2
How To Uninstall libsdl-mixer1.2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libsdl-mixer1.2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsdl-mixer1.2
Uninstall libsdl-mixer1.2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsdl-mixer1.2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsdl-mixer1.2
Remove libsdl-mixer1.2 Configurations and Data
To remove libsdl-mixer1.2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsdl-mixer1.2
Remove libsdl-mixer1.2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsdl-mixer1.2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsdl-mixer1.2
Dependencies
libsdl-mixer1.2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsdl-mixer1.2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.