How To Install liquidsoap-plugin-theora on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install liquidsoap-plugin-theora on Debian 9. liquidsoap-plugin-theora is audio streaming language – Theora plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liquidsoap-plugin-theora on Debian 9.

What is liquidsoap-plugin-theora

liquidsoap-plugin-theora is:

Liquidsoap is a powerful tool for building complex audio streaming systems, typically targeting internet radios (e.g. icecast streams).

It consists of a simple script language, in which you can create, combine and transform audio sources. Its design makes liquidsoap flexible and easily extensible.

This package provides support for ogg/theora video decoding and encoding in Liquidsoap.

There are three methods to install liquidsoap-plugin-theora 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 liquidsoap-plugin-theora Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liquidsoap-plugin-theora

Install liquidsoap-plugin-theora Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liquidsoap-plugin-theora using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liquidsoap-plugin-theora

Install liquidsoap-plugin-theora 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 liquidsoap-plugin-theora using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liquidsoap-plugin-theora

How To Uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-theora on Debian 9

To uninstall only the liquidsoap-plugin-theora package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liquidsoap-plugin-theora

Uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-theora And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-theora and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liquidsoap-plugin-theora

Remove liquidsoap-plugin-theora Configurations and Data

To remove liquidsoap-plugin-theora configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liquidsoap-plugin-theora

Remove liquidsoap-plugin-theora configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liquidsoap-plugin-theora configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liquidsoap-plugin-theora

Dependencies

liquidsoap-plugin-theora have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liquidsoap-plugin-theora package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.