How To Install libphononexperimental4 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libphononexperimental4 on Ubuntu 18.04. libphononexperimental4 is multimedia framework from KDE using Qt 4 - experimental library (internal)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libphononexperimental4 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libphononexperimental4

libphononexperimental4 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 Phonon-Experimental library, which might be needed by Phonon back-ends or other internal applications. Third-party applications should not depend on this library. Please read README.Debian before using this library.

There are three methods to install libphononexperimental4 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 libphononexperimental4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libphononexperimental4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libphononexperimental4

Install libphononexperimental4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libphononexperimental4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libphononexperimental4

Install libphononexperimental4 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 libphononexperimental4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libphononexperimental4

How To Uninstall libphononexperimental4 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libphononexperimental4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libphononexperimental4

Uninstall libphononexperimental4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libphononexperimental4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libphononexperimental4

Remove libphononexperimental4 Configurations and Data

To remove libphononexperimental4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libphononexperimental4

Remove libphononexperimental4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libphononexperimental4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libphononexperimental4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libphononexperimental4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.