How To Install mpc123 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpc123 on Debian 9.
What is mpc123
mpc123 is:
mpc123 is a command-line player for the Musepack audio compression format (MPC).
MPC is a lossy compression format like MP3 or Ogg Vorbis. It is based on the MPEG-1 Layer-2 / MP2 algorithms, but has been vastly improved.
Ability to play remote files is not implemented.
There are three methods to install mpc123 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 mpc123 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mpc123 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mpc123
Install mpc123 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mpc123 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mpc123
Install mpc123 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 mpc123 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mpc123
How To Uninstall mpc123 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mpc123 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mpc123
Uninstall mpc123 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mpc123 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpc123
Remove mpc123 Configurations and Data
To remove mpc123 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mpc123
Remove mpc123 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mpc123 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpc123
Dependencies
mpc123 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpc123 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.