How To Install plait on Debian 11

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install plait

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is plait and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Debian 11. This guide was written specifically with a server running Debian 11 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install plait on Debian 11. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install plait using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt -y install plait

Install plait using apt

Because plait is available in Debian 11’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install plait using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install plait

Install plait 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 11. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install plait by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plait

How to upgrade (update) a single package plait using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the plait, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install plait

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install plait

How To Uninstall plait from Debian 11

To uninstall only the plait package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove plait

Uninstall plait and all its dependencies

To uninstall plait and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plait

Remove plait with all configurations and data

To remove plait configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge plait

Remove plait completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to plait package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plait

Extra info and code examples

Plait (pronounced "play") is a command-line jukebox and music player front end. It understands brief, easy to type queries that pick a single song, mix queries that combine works from multiple artists, stream queries that find Shoutcast radio streams, and everything in between. A variety of filters are available to pick just the music you want to hear. In order to actually play the music it finds, Plait automatically hands off a play list to one of the supported music players (or you can use it manually with any player that supports .m3u playlists).

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install plait using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the plait from Debian 11.

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