How To Install sox on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sox on Debian 9.
What is sox
sox is:
SoX is a command line utility that can convert various formats of computer audio files in to other formats. It can also apply various effects to these sound files during the conversion. As an added bonus, SoX can play and record audio files on several unix-style platforms.
SoX is able to handle formats like Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV, AIFF, VOC, SND, AU, GSM and several more. Any format support requires at least libsox-fmt-base. Some formats have their own package e.g. mp3 read and write support is provided by libsox-fmt-mp3.
SoX supports most common sound architectures i.e. Alsa, Libao, OSS and Pulse (respectively provided by libsox-fmt-alsa, libsox-fmt-ao, libsox-fmt-oss and libsox-fmt-pulse). It also supports LADSPA plugins.
There are three methods to install sox 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 sox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sox using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sox
Install sox Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sox using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sox
Install sox 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 sox using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sox
How To Uninstall sox on Debian 9
To uninstall only the sox package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sox
Uninstall sox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sox
Remove sox Configurations and Data
To remove sox configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sox
Remove sox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sox
Dependencies
sox have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sox package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.