How To Install python-liblo on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-liblo
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-liblo
python-liblo is:
pyliblo, provides Python 2 bindings for liblo, which is an implementation of the Open Sound Control specification and facilitates communication between various music applications.
Open Sound Control (OSC) is a protocol for communication among computers, sound synthesizers, and other multimedia devices that is optimized for modern networking technology.
There are three methods to install python-liblo
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 python-liblo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-liblo
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-liblo
Install python-liblo Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-liblo
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-liblo
Install python-liblo 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 python-liblo
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-liblo
How To Uninstall python-liblo on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-liblo
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-liblo
Uninstall python-liblo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-liblo
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-liblo
Remove python-liblo Configurations and Data
To remove python-liblo
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-liblo
Remove python-liblo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-liblo
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-liblo
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-liblo
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.