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

Last updated: January 23,2025

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

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1. Install "lame" package

Please follow the guidance below to install lame on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall lame on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: lame
Version: 3.100-6
Installed-Size: 353
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libmp3lame0 (>= 3.100), libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: lame-doc
Description: MP3 encoding library (frontend)
Description-md5: 649ecb033583c1c3e720aad9c3376ab9
Homepage: https://lame.sourceforge.io/
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, uitoolkit::ncurses,
works-with-format::mp3, works-with-format::oggvorbis,
works-with-format::wav, works-with::audio
Section: sound
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lame/lame_3.100-6_amd64.deb
Size: 281868
MD5sum: 38bad82845bbf4239457c8d3586c84e7
SHA256: 786ba06d2f222661e1f09b610de7b18c60f411a373d4fd3f595ec890f062089e