How To Install libsidplayfp6 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsidplayfp6 on Debian 12.
What is libsidplayfp6
libsidplayfp6 is:
libsidplayfp (and its console frontend sidplayfp) is a fork of sidplay2 born with the aim to improve the quality of emulating the 6581, 8580 chips and the surrounding C64 system in order to play SID music better.
There are three methods to install libsidplayfp6 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsidplayfp6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsidplayfp6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsidplayfp6
Install libsidplayfp6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsidplayfp6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsidplayfp6
Install libsidplayfp6 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 libsidplayfp6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsidplayfp6
How To Uninstall libsidplayfp6 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libsidplayfp6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsidplayfp6
Uninstall libsidplayfp6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsidplayfp6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsidplayfp6
Remove libsidplayfp6 Configurations and Data
To remove libsidplayfp6 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsidplayfp6
Remove libsidplayfp6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsidplayfp6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsidplayfp6
Dependencies
libsidplayfp6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsidplayfp6 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
