How To Install libwavpack1 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwavpack1 on Ubuntu 20.04. libwavpack1 is audio codec (lossy and lossless) - library audio codec (lossy and lossless) - library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwavpack1 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libwavpack1`

libwavpack1 is:

WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Although the technology is loosely based on previous versions of WavPack, the new version 4 format has been designed from the ground up to offer unparalleled performance and functionality.

This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs using libwavpack. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libwavpack1 Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.2.0-1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: wavpack Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 201 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14) Filename: pool/main/w/wavpack/libwavpack1_5.2.0-1_amd64.deb Size: 77024 MD5sum: e4762df20574cd986805bf1b92d113fa SHA1: a44f421513c0c0930476b606593ae9b28c516c80 SHA256: c823afa5b3584b971b441d0e5e8292783decb8b5c5b319cf5e92fe0cefddc9ab Homepage: http://www.wavpack.com Description-en: audio codec (lossy and lossless) - library WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Although the technology is loosely based on previous versions of WavPack, the new version 4 format has been designed from the ground up to offer unparalleled performance and functionality.

There are three methods to install libwavpack1 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 libwavpack1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwavpack1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwavpack1

Install libwavpack1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwavpack1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwavpack1

Install libwavpack1 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 libwavpack1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwavpack1

How To Uninstall libwavpack1 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libwavpack1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwavpack1

Uninstall libwavpack1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwavpack1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwavpack1

Remove libwavpack1 Configurations and Data

To remove libwavpack1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwavpack1

Remove libwavpack1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwavpack1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwavpack1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwavpack1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.