How To Install sndfile-programs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sndfile-programs
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is sndfile-programs
sndfile-programs is:
This package contains simple programs which use libsndfile for operating on sound files.
Programs include:
- sndfile-cmp : compare the audio data of two files
- sndfile-concat : concatenate two or more files
- sndfile-convert : convert between sound file formats
- sndfile-info : print information about files
- sndfile-metadata-get/set : get and set file metadata
- sndfile-play : play a sound file
Package: sndfile-programs Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.0.28-7 Priority: optional Section: universe/utils Source: libsndfile Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 303 Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.4), libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20) Recommends: sndfile-tools Filename: pool/universe/libs/libsndfile/sndfile-programs_1.0.28-7_amd64.deb Size: 43316 MD5sum: 67a28ad3fca4d0169cea9b11ef12de14 SHA1: e45c06061e917693e297c724c67127f4c8c39d1f SHA256: 05575822193aeb5367e7ca6b3a005f9dbc3b0484ecae4753fdda99b4daf23f7f Homepage: http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/ Description-en: Sample programs that use libsndfile This package contains simple programs which use libsndfile for operating on sound files.
Programs include:
- sndfile-cmp : compare the audio data of two files
- sndfile-concat : concatenate two or more files
- sndfile-convert : convert between sound file formats
- sndfile-info : print information about files
- sndfile-metadata-get/set : get and set file metadata
- sndfile-play : play a sound file
There are three methods to install sndfile-programs
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sndfile-programs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sndfile-programs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sndfile-programs
Install sndfile-programs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sndfile-programs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sndfile-programs
Install sndfile-programs 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 sndfile-programs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sndfile-programs
How To Uninstall sndfile-programs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the sndfile-programs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sndfile-programs
Uninstall sndfile-programs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sndfile-programs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sndfile-programs
Remove sndfile-programs Configurations and Data
To remove sndfile-programs
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sndfile-programs
Remove sndfile-programs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sndfile-programs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sndfile-programs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sndfile-programs
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.