How To Install libao-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libao-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libao-dbg
libao-dbg is:
Libao is a cross-platform audio library that allows programs to output audio using a simple API on a wide variety of platforms. It currently supports:
- Null output (handy for testing without a sound device)
- WAV files
- AU files
- OSS (Open Sound System, used on Linux and FreeBSD)
- ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
- PulseAudio (next generation GNOME sound server)
- and several others.
This package contains debugging symbols useful for tracing bugs in the libao package.
There are three methods to install libao-dbg 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 libao-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libao-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libao-dbg
Install libao-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libao-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libao-dbg
Install libao-dbg 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 libao-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libao-dbg
How To Uninstall libao-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libao-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libao-dbg
Uninstall libao-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libao-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libao-dbg
Remove libao-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libao-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libao-dbg
Remove libao-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libao-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libao-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libao-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
