How To Install cdcat on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cdcat on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cdcat
cdcat is:
CDCat is a graphical, multiplatform media catalog program which scans the directories/drives you specify and makes a list of the filesystem contents (including the tags of MP3 files) and stores the result in a gzipped XML file.
There are three methods to install cdcat on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cdcat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cdcat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cdcat
Install cdcat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cdcat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cdcat
Install cdcat Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cdcat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cdcat
How To Uninstall cdcat on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cdcat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cdcat
Uninstall cdcat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cdcat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cdcat
Remove cdcat Configurations and Data
To remove cdcat configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cdcat
Remove cdcat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cdcat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cdcat
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cdcat package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
