How To Install libtaglib-cil-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libtaglib-cil-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libtaglib-cil-dev is CLI library for accessing audio and video files metadata (dev files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtaglib-cil-dev on Debian 10.

What is libtaglib-cil-dev

libtaglib-cil-dev is:

TagLib# is a CLI library used to read and manipulate metadata in different audio and video file formats.

This package contains development files for TagLib#, and should be used for development

There are three methods to install libtaglib-cil-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libtaglib-cil-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtaglib-cil-dev

Install libtaglib-cil-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtaglib-cil-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtaglib-cil-dev

Install libtaglib-cil-dev 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 libtaglib-cil-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtaglib-cil-dev

How To Uninstall libtaglib-cil-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libtaglib-cil-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtaglib-cil-dev

Uninstall libtaglib-cil-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtaglib-cil-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtaglib-cil-dev

Remove libtaglib-cil-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libtaglib-cil-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtaglib-cil-dev

Remove libtaglib-cil-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtaglib-cil-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtaglib-cil-dev

Dependencies

libtaglib-cil-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtaglib-cil-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.