How To Install python-pydub on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pydub on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pydub is Python audio sample manipulation (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pydub on Debian 10.

What is python-pydub

python-pydub is:

Pydub is a library to manipulate audio data with a simple high level interface.

The library support (among others) the following functions:

  • can use ffmpeg' to support other formats than .wav'
  • extract segments of audio data
  • concatenation
  • make segments louder or quieter
  • add repeats
  • cross-fade
  • edit file metadata

This package installs the library for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-pydub on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-pydub Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pydub

Install python-pydub Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pydub

Install python-pydub 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 python-pydub using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-pydub

How To Uninstall python-pydub on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-pydub package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-pydub

Uninstall python-pydub And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-pydub and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pydub

Remove python-pydub Configurations and Data

To remove python-pydub configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pydub

Remove python-pydub configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pydub

Dependencies

python-pydub have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pydub package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.