How To Install qmmp on Debian 12

Learn how to install qmmp on Debian 12 with this tutorial. qmmp is feature-rich audio player with support of many formats

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qmmp on Debian 12.

What is qmmp

qmmp is:

Qmmp is feature-rich audio player with support of many formats. It is written in Qt.

Supported formats:

  • MPEG1 layer 2/3
  • Ogg Vorbis
  • Ogg Opus
  • Native FLAC, Ogg FLAC
  • Musepack
  • WavePack
  • tracker modules (mod, s3m, it, xm, etc)
  • ADTS AAC
  • CD Audio
  • WMA, Monkey’s Audio (and other formats provided by FFmpeg library)
  • PCM WAVE (and other formats provided by libsndfile library)
  • midi
  • SID
  • chiptune formats (AY, GBS, GYM, HES, KSS, NSF, NSFE, SAP, SPC, VGM, VGZ, VTX)

DSP effects:

  • BS2B effect
  • sample rate converter
  • LADSPA effects
  • extra stereo
  • crossfade

Visual effects:

  • projectM visualization
  • spectrum analyzer

Audio output through:

  • ALSA
  • OSS
  • Pulse Audio
  • PipeWire
  • JACK
  • QTMultimedia
  • Icecast

Other features:

  • XMMS and Winamp 2.x skins support
  • alternative user interface based on standard widgets set
  • 10-band equalizer
  • MP3, Vorbis, AAC, AAC+ streams support
  • mms support
  • MPRIS
  • removable device detection (via UDisks)
  • video playback via Mplayer
  • lyrics
  • cover art support
  • CUE sheet support
  • embedded CUE support (for FLAC, WavPack and Monkey’s Audio)
  • multiple playlists
  • automatic charset detection for cue files and ShoutCast metadata
  • playlist formats: m3u, pls, xspf
  • ReplayGain support
  • sending listening history to Last.fm, Libre.fm and ListenBrainz
  • CDDB support
  • audio converter
  • stream browser
  • audio formats converter
  • external programs execution on track change
  • ReplayGain scanner
  • archive reader (RAR and 7z)
  • audio recording
  • listening history
  • media library

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qmmp

Install qmmp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qmmp

Install qmmp 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 qmmp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qmmp

How To Uninstall qmmp on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove qmmp

Uninstall qmmp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qmmp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qmmp

Remove qmmp Configurations and Data

To remove qmmp configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qmmp

Remove qmmp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qmmp

Dependencies

qmmp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qmmp package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.