How To Install sorune on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sorune on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sorune
sorune is:
Features include:
- A simple GUI that makes management easy (requires Perl Tk).
- All music formats are supported (mp3, ogg, wav, wma(non-drm)). All native file tags are supported.
- Full m3u playlist support.
- Database rebuild support.
- Tagging by directory layout.
- Sort by title on artists, genres, songs and recordings. Sort by track number on albums.
- Maintains directory/file names as well as file access/modification times during sync.
- Moving of recordings to user specified directory.
- Foreign language accents in tags are handled (converted to the nearest English equivalent).
- Handling of duplicate title names. Appends a number in parenthesis “(2)” or “(3)” to the title.
- Sub-menu support.
- Various artist support.
There are three methods to install sorune 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 sorune Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sorune using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sorune
Install sorune Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sorune using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sorune
Install sorune 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 sorune using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sorune
How To Uninstall sorune on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sorune package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sorune
Uninstall sorune And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sorune and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sorune
Remove sorune Configurations and Data
To remove sorune configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sorune
Remove sorune configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sorune configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sorune
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sorune package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
