How To Install libpipewire-0.2-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipewire-0.2-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. libpipewire-0.2-doc is libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipewire-0.2-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libpipewire-0.2-doc

libpipewire-0.2-doc is:

PipeWire is a server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines. This includes:

  • Making available sources of video (such as from a capture devices or application provided streams) and multiplexing this with clients.
  • Accessing sources of video for consumption.
  • Generating graphs for audio and video processing.

This package contains the API reference.

There are three methods to install libpipewire-0.2-doc 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 libpipewire-0.2-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpipewire-0.2-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpipewire-0.2-doc

Install libpipewire-0.2-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpipewire-0.2-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpipewire-0.2-doc

Install libpipewire-0.2-doc 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 libpipewire-0.2-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpipewire-0.2-doc

How To Uninstall libpipewire-0.2-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libpipewire-0.2-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpipewire-0.2-doc

Uninstall libpipewire-0.2-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpipewire-0.2-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpipewire-0.2-doc

Remove libpipewire-0.2-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libpipewire-0.2-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpipewire-0.2-doc

Remove libpipewire-0.2-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpipewire-0.2-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpipewire-0.2-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipewire-0.2-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.