How To Install sweep-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install sweep-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. sweep-dev is Audio editor and live playback tool (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sweep-dev on Debian 12.

What is sweep-dev

sweep-dev is:

Sweep is an audio editor and live playback tool. It supports many music and voice formats including WAV, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, Speex and MP3, with multichannel editing and LADSPA effects plugins.

This package contains the development files for Sweep plugins.

There are three methods to install sweep-dev 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 sweep-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sweep-dev

Install sweep-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sweep-dev

Install sweep-dev 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 sweep-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sweep-dev

How To Uninstall sweep-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the sweep-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sweep-dev

Uninstall sweep-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sweep-dev

Remove sweep-dev Configurations and Data

To remove sweep-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sweep-dev

Remove sweep-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sweep-dev

Dependencies

sweep-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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