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

Last updated: February 17,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "sox" package

Please follow the steps below to install sox on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall sox on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: sox
Version: 14.4.2+git20190427-3.5
Installed-Size: 215
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libsox-fmt-alsa (= 14.4.2+git20190427-3.5) | libsox-fmt-ao (= 14.4.2+git20190427-3.5) | libsox-fmt-oss (= 14.4.2+git20190427-3.5) | libsox-fmt-pulse (= 14.4.2+git20190427-3.5), libsox-fmt-base (= 14.4.2+git20190427-3.5), libsox3 (= 14.4.2+git20190427-3.5), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: libsox-fmt-all
Description: Swiss army knife of sound processing
Description-md5: 333cd274ebee7570f357dafba9b6461d
Homepage: https://sox.sourceforge.io/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, sound::compression, sound::mixer, sound::player,
sound::recorder, use::analysing, use::compressing, use::converting,
use::filtering, use::playing, works-with-format::mp3,
works-with-format::oggvorbis, works-with-format::wav, works-with::audio
Section: sound
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sox/sox_14.4.2+git20190427-3.5_amd64.deb
Size: 132652
MD5sum: 988bec3faf7bb7f903ef6c1a8dc41f83
SHA256: 6793a4824f96f0008be4d5defba8b07a0f3f9054708b0ed2332a4ede4c43b5b5