How To Install cdparanoia on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cdparanoia on Ubuntu 22.04. cdparanoia is audio extraction tool for sampling CDs

Introduction

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

What is cdparanoia

cdparanoia is:

An audio extraction tool for sampling CDs. Unlike similar programs such as cdda2wav, cdparanoia goes to great lengths to try to extract the audio information without any artifacts such as jitter.

There are three methods to install cdparanoia 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 cdparanoia Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cdparanoia

Install cdparanoia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cdparanoia

Install cdparanoia 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 cdparanoia using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cdparanoia

How To Uninstall cdparanoia on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove cdparanoia

Uninstall cdparanoia And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cdparanoia

Remove cdparanoia Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cdparanoia

Remove cdparanoia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cdparanoia

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Summary

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