How To Install modplug-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install modplug-tools on Debian 9.
What is modplug-tools
modplug-tools is:
These are command line players for the following module formats: 669, amf, ams, dbm, dmf, dsm, far, it, j2b, mdl, med mod, mt2, mtm, okt, psm, ptm, s3m, stm, ult, umx, xm.
There are three methods to install modplug-tools 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 modplug-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install modplug-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install modplug-tools
Install modplug-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install modplug-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install modplug-tools
Install modplug-tools 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 modplug-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install modplug-tools
How To Uninstall modplug-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the modplug-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove modplug-tools
Uninstall modplug-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall modplug-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove modplug-tools
Remove modplug-tools Configurations and Data
To remove modplug-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge modplug-tools
Remove modplug-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove modplug-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge modplug-tools
Dependencies
modplug-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install modplug-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.