How To Install python-rgain on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-rgain on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-rgain is Replay Gain volume normalization Python tools

Introduction

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

What is python-rgain

python-rgain is:

This package provides a Python package to calculate the Replay Gain values of audio files and normalize the volume of those files according to the values. Two basic scripts exploiting these capabilities are shipped as well.

Replay Gain is a proposed standard designed to solve the very problem of varying volumes across audio files. Its specifications are available at http://replaygain.org/ .

There are three methods to install python-rgain 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-rgain 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-rgain using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-rgain

Install python-rgain Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-rgain

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-rgain

How To Uninstall python-rgain on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-rgain

Uninstall python-rgain And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rgain

Remove python-rgain Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-rgain

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-rgain have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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