How To Install mopidy on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install mopidy on Debian 9. mopidy is music server with support for MPD/HTTP clients

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mopidy on Debian 9.

What is mopidy

mopidy is:

Mopidy is an extensible music server which can play music from local files, radio streams, and cloud services such as Spotify and SoundCloud.

Searches combine results from all music sources, and tracks can be mixed from all sources in the play queue. Spotify or SoundCloud playlists are also available for use.

There are three methods to install mopidy 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 mopidy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mopidy

Install mopidy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mopidy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mopidy

Install mopidy 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 mopidy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mopidy

How To Uninstall mopidy on Debian 9

To uninstall only the mopidy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mopidy

Uninstall mopidy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mopidy

Remove mopidy Configurations and Data

To remove mopidy configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mopidy

Remove mopidy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mopidy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mopidy

Dependencies

mopidy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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