How To Install python-pydub on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pydub
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pydub
python-pydub is:
Pydub is a library to manipulate audio data with a simple high level interface.
The library support (among others) the following functions:
- can use
ffmpeg' to support other formats than
.wav' - extract segments of audio data
- concatenation
- make segments louder or quieter
- add repeats
- cross-fade
- edit file metadata
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-pydub
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-pydub 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-pydub
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pydub
Install python-pydub Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pydub
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pydub
Install python-pydub 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-pydub
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pydub
How To Uninstall python-pydub on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pydub
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pydub
Uninstall python-pydub And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pydub
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pydub
Remove python-pydub Configurations and Data
To remove python-pydub
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pydub
Remove python-pydub configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pydub
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pydub
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pydub
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.