How To Install loudgain on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install loudgain on Debian 12.
What is loudgain
loudgain is:
loudgain is a loudness normalizer that scans music files and calculates loudness-normalized gain and loudness peak values according to the EBU R128/ITU BS.1770 standard (-18 LUFS).
loudgain will embed ReplayGain 2.0-compatible metadata tags in a file if requested but will not modify the audio data in any way.
loudgain supports the FLAC, Ogg, MP2, MP3, MP4, M4A, ALAC, Opus, ASF, WMA, WAV, WavPack, AIFF and APE audio formats. Video files with compatible audio streams are also supported.
There are three methods to install loudgain 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 loudgain Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install loudgain using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install loudgain
Install loudgain Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install loudgain using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install loudgain
Install loudgain 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 loudgain using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install loudgain
How To Uninstall loudgain on Debian 12
To uninstall only the loudgain package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove loudgain
Uninstall loudgain And Its Dependencies
To uninstall loudgain and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove loudgain
Remove loudgain Configurations and Data
To remove loudgain configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge loudgain
Remove loudgain configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove loudgain configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge loudgain
Dependencies
loudgain have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install loudgain package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.