How To Install liblastfm1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm1 on Ubuntu 18.04. liblastfm1 is Last.fm web services library (Qt4 build)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liblastfm1

liblastfm1 is:

liblastfm is a collection of C++/Qt4 libraries provided by Last.fm for use with their web services.

This package contains the base web services library.

There are three methods to install liblastfm1 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 liblastfm1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblastfm1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblastfm1

Install liblastfm1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblastfm1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblastfm1

Install liblastfm1 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 liblastfm1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblastfm1

How To Uninstall liblastfm1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liblastfm1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblastfm1

Uninstall liblastfm1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblastfm1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblastfm1

Remove liblastfm1 Configurations and Data

To remove liblastfm1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblastfm1

Remove liblastfm1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblastfm1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblastfm1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.