How to Install and Uninstall libsox-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "libsox-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libsox-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libsox-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libsox-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libsox-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: libsox-dev
Source: sox
Version: 14.4.2+git20190427-1
Installed-Size: 1698
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libsox-fmt-all (= 14.4.2+git20190427-1), libsox3 (= 14.4.2+git20190427-1)
Description: Development files for the SoX library
Description-md5: 1795496664ecb4ebe868dbf0c76aeb58
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://sox.sourceforge.io/
Tag: devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib, role::program,
use::analysing, use::compressing, use::converting, use::filtering,
use::playing, works-with::audio
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sox/libsox-dev_14.4.2+git20190427-1_amd64.deb
Size: 365400
MD5sum: aa34a3fc9970f2f96513493bbfe856e9
SHA256: c444da7923e4779283beecf3b69c8c7dc563bf4eb3cd7a367539c05eca6afda5