How To Install poc-streamer on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install poc-streamer
on Debian 12.
What is poc-streamer
poc-streamer is:
poc is a suite of MP3 tools and MP3 streaming programs. It can stream MP3s over HTTP, RTP multicast (RFC 2250 and RFC 3119) and a special multicast protocol to enable the use of Forward Error Correction to protect the MP3 stream against packet loss. It can also stream OGGs over HTTP.
In addition to the streaming programs, poc contains two MP3 tools: mp3cue and mp3cut. mp3cue can cut a big MP3 file according to a tracklisting contained in a .cue file. mp3cut can split and concatenate MP3 files according to time slices given on the command line. mp3cut cuts MP3 files on ADU (autonomous data units) frames to ensure best quality.
There are three methods to install poc-streamer
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 poc-streamer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install poc-streamer
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install poc-streamer
Install poc-streamer Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install poc-streamer
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install poc-streamer
Install poc-streamer 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 poc-streamer
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install poc-streamer
How To Uninstall poc-streamer on Debian 12
To uninstall only the poc-streamer
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove poc-streamer
Uninstall poc-streamer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall poc-streamer
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove poc-streamer
Remove poc-streamer Configurations and Data
To remove poc-streamer
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge poc-streamer
Remove poc-streamer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove poc-streamer
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge poc-streamer
Dependencies
poc-streamer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install poc-streamer
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.