How to Install and Uninstall flac Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "flac" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install flac on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                flac
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "flac" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall flac on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                flac
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the flac package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: flac
Version: 1.3.2-3+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 436
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libflac8 (>= 1.3.0)
Description: Free Lossless Audio Codec - command line tools
Description-md5: f1560839832c89e0262853df6c9f7e62
Homepage: http://xiph.org/flac/
Section: sound
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/f/flac/flac_1.3.2-3+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 156596
MD5sum: 33985d8cd39c963b5bcb271060f43750
SHA256: 9f26c51010181347b9f10ff1b4d6a717945392774f209010d68119d16d472502

Package: flac
Version: 1.3.2-3+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 436
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libflac8 (>= 1.3.0)
Description: Free Lossless Audio Codec - command line tools
Description-md5: f1560839832c89e0262853df6c9f7e62
Homepage: http://xiph.org/flac/
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
sound::compression, use::converting, works-with::audio
Section: sound
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/flac/flac_1.3.2-3+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 156460
MD5sum: f515697f7a017ab8cc5fc7740f02a4f8
SHA256: 265c72b1dbdb57bb905eeeab17ce426effed1c4d7f56952c629e0d4dd7d31456