How to Install and Uninstall csound Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the csound on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "csound" package

Please follow the instructions below to install csound on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall csound on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the csound package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: csound
Version: 1:6.18.1+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 207
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcsound64-6.0 (>= 1:6.15.0~dfsg), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.4)
Recommends: csound-plugins, csound-utils
Description: powerful and versatile sound synthesis software
Description-md5: 182da96d0b0fc26ba05910a1f53aecbd
Homepage: https://csound.github.io/
Tag: devel::compiler, implemented-in::c, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, scope::application, sound::TODO,
uitoolkit::fltk, use::editing, use::playing, use::routing,
works-with::audio, x11::application
Section: sound
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/csound/csound_6.18.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 54096
MD5sum: f5fa41387ceb6144d4e4f15821044af9
SHA256: 4660aeb155c83bae9b16f02bb62686f34e1f2818339cf6d269526391b8bcdca5