How To Install liquidsoap-plugin-vorbis on Debian 9

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

Introduction

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

What is liquidsoap-plugin-vorbis

liquidsoap-plugin-vorbis 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/vorbis audio decoding and encoding in Liquidsoap.

There are three methods to install liquidsoap-plugin-vorbis 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-vorbis 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-vorbis using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install liquidsoap-plugin-vorbis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liquidsoap-plugin-vorbis

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

sudo aptitude -y install liquidsoap-plugin-vorbis

How To Uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-vorbis on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove liquidsoap-plugin-vorbis

Uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-vorbis And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove liquidsoap-plugin-vorbis Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

liquidsoap-plugin-vorbis have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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