How To Install liquidsoap-plugin-oss on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liquidsoap-plugin-oss on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liquidsoap-plugin-oss
liquidsoap-plugin-oss 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 OSS audio output in Liquidsoap.
There are three methods to install liquidsoap-plugin-oss 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-oss 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-oss using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liquidsoap-plugin-oss
Install liquidsoap-plugin-oss Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liquidsoap-plugin-oss using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liquidsoap-plugin-oss
Install liquidsoap-plugin-oss 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-oss using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liquidsoap-plugin-oss
How To Uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-oss on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liquidsoap-plugin-oss package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liquidsoap-plugin-oss
Uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-oss And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-oss 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-oss
Remove liquidsoap-plugin-oss Configurations and Data
To remove liquidsoap-plugin-oss configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liquidsoap-plugin-oss
Remove liquidsoap-plugin-oss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liquidsoap-plugin-oss configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liquidsoap-plugin-oss
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liquidsoap-plugin-oss package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
