How To Install shairplay on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shairplay
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is shairplay
shairplay is:
Free portable AirPlay server implementation similar to ShairPort.
Currently only AirPort Express emulation is supported.
This package installs the shairplay server executable.
There are three methods to install shairplay
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install shairplay Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install shairplay
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shairplay
Install shairplay Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shairplay
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shairplay
Install shairplay 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 shairplay
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shairplay
How To Uninstall shairplay on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the shairplay
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shairplay
Uninstall shairplay And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shairplay
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shairplay
Remove shairplay Configurations and Data
To remove shairplay
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shairplay
Remove shairplay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shairplay
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shairplay
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shairplay
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.