How To Install libao-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libao-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04.
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. Build-Ids: 325596167722e549f54f536a89bdff7b71e8f19d 596ab5edf0540e11abab40e2d0f92fd46d9c53fa 6eb4899d42b1327fba5c201e845c43740224dbee 7317e47c3c5f8d811660c55c8440ec929b61c59a 7b6b21d35a06dea225ab9650650bd200393ad979 b1e56a0932f4d1fbf135245c2a9ce6d5b3a30bbe
There are three methods to install libao-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libao-dbg package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
