How To Install audiolink on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install audiolink on Ubuntu 22.04. audiolink is makes managing and searching for music easier

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install audiolink on Ubuntu 22.04.

audiolink is:

AudioLink is a tool that makes searching for music on your local storage media easier and faster. Your searches can include a variety of criteria, like male artists, female artists, band, genre, etc.

It works with MP3 and Ogg Vorbis files and creates a MySQL database in which it stores the information about the music files. It creates symbolic links to the actual music files based on the search results. You can search for multiple fields, like artist, band, composer, lyricist, etc.

There are three methods to install audiolink 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.

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install audiolink using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install audiolink

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install audiolink using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install audiolink

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 audiolink using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install audiolink

To uninstall only the audiolink package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove audiolink

To uninstall audiolink and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove audiolink

To remove audiolink configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge audiolink

We can use the following command to remove audiolink configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge audiolink

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install audiolink package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.