How To Install promoe on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install promoe on Ubuntu 18.04. promoe is GUI client for XMMS2

Introduction

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

What is promoe

promoe is:

Promoe is a client for the XMMS2 music daemon. Promoe’s interface is modeled after XMMS/WinAMP classic and supports Winamp 2 skins. It’s written in C++ and uses the Qt4 toolkit.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install promoe

Install promoe Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install promoe

Install promoe 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 promoe using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install promoe

How To Uninstall promoe on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove promoe

Uninstall promoe And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove promoe

Remove promoe Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge promoe

Remove promoe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge promoe

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Summary

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