How To Install libphonon-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libphonon-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libphonon-dev
libphonon-dev is:
Phonon is the Qt 4 multimedia API, which provides a task-oriented abstraction layer for capturing, mixing, processing, and playing audio and video content.
This package contains the development files needed to build Qt 4 applications using the Phonon cross-platform multimedia framework.
There are three methods to install libphonon-dev 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 libphonon-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libphonon-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libphonon-dev
Install libphonon-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libphonon-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libphonon-dev
Install libphonon-dev 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 libphonon-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libphonon-dev
How To Uninstall libphonon-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libphonon-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libphonon-dev
Uninstall libphonon-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libphonon-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libphonon-dev
Remove libphonon-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libphonon-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libphonon-dev
Remove libphonon-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libphonon-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libphonon-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libphonon-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
