How To Install libmysofa0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysofa0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmysofa0
libmysofa0 is:
libmysofa is a light weight C-library intended to read SOFA (Spatially Oriented Format for Acoustics) files for spatial rendering. It hardly has any library dependencies and is suitable for embedded devices.
It reads SOFA files and checks whether the data complies to the “SimpleFreeFieldHRIR” conventions. In addition, it provides functions to look-up and interpolate the filters for a given orientation and to normalize the HRTFs (Head-Related Transfer Functions) to a reference level.
This package contains the shared objects necessary to run an application using libmysofa.
There are three methods to install libmysofa0 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 libmysofa0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmysofa0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmysofa0
Install libmysofa0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmysofa0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmysofa0
Install libmysofa0 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 libmysofa0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmysofa0
How To Uninstall libmysofa0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmysofa0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmysofa0
Uninstall libmysofa0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmysofa0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmysofa0
Remove libmysofa0 Configurations and Data
To remove libmysofa0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmysofa0
Remove libmysofa0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmysofa0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmysofa0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysofa0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
