How To Install amarok on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amarok on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is amarok
amarok is:
Amarok is a powerful music player with an intuitive interface. It makes playing the music you love and discovering new music easier than ever before and it looks good doing it! Amarok is based on the powerful Qt4 / KDE4 Platform and nicely integrates with KDE desktop.
Much work has been invested into integrating Amarok 2 with various Web services:
- Ampache
- Jamendo Service
- Last.fm
- Librivox
- MP3tunes
- Magnatune
- OPML Podcast Directory
Amarok comes with a lot of features including but not limited to:
- Scripts - enhance your Amarok experience with community developed scripts.
- Dynamic Playlists - create playlists that automatically update.
- Context View - customize interface with the Plasma powered Context View.
- PopUp Dropper - simplify drag&drop actions with revolutionary menu system.
- Multiple Language Translations
- Collection Management - organizing your music collection has never been easier with Amarok’s powerful tagging, renaming, and sorting abilities.
- Database Importing - import collections from Amarok 1.4 or iTunes.
- Scriptable Services - integrate other web services into Amarok.
There are three methods to install amarok 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 amarok Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install amarok using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install amarok
Install amarok Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install amarok using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install amarok
Install amarok 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 amarok using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install amarok
How To Uninstall amarok on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the amarok package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove amarok
Uninstall amarok And Its Dependencies
To uninstall amarok and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove amarok
Remove amarok Configurations and Data
To remove amarok configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge amarok
Remove amarok configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove amarok configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amarok
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amarok package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
