How To Install liquidsoap-plugin-icecast on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liquidsoap-plugin-icecast on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liquidsoap-plugin-icecast
liquidsoap-plugin-icecast is:
Liquidsoap is a powerful tool for building complex audio streaming systems, typically targeting internet radios (e.g. icecast streams).
It consists of a simple script language, in which you can create, combine and transform audio sources. Its design makes liquidsoap flexible and easily extensible.
This package provides support for Icecast output in liquidsoap.
There are three methods to install liquidsoap-plugin-icecast 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 liquidsoap-plugin-icecast Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liquidsoap-plugin-icecast using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liquidsoap-plugin-icecast
Install liquidsoap-plugin-icecast Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liquidsoap-plugin-icecast using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liquidsoap-plugin-icecast
Install liquidsoap-plugin-icecast 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 liquidsoap-plugin-icecast using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liquidsoap-plugin-icecast
How To Uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-icecast on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liquidsoap-plugin-icecast package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liquidsoap-plugin-icecast
Uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-icecast And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-icecast and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liquidsoap-plugin-icecast
Remove liquidsoap-plugin-icecast Configurations and Data
To remove liquidsoap-plugin-icecast configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liquidsoap-plugin-icecast
Remove liquidsoap-plugin-icecast configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liquidsoap-plugin-icecast configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liquidsoap-plugin-icecast
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liquidsoap-plugin-icecast package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
