How To Install fookebox on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fookebox on Ubuntu 18.04. fookebox is web-based jukebox frontend to mpd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fookebox on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fookebox

fookebox is:

fookebox is a jukebox-style web-frontend to mpd. It can serve as a keyboard-less jukebox or as a generic mpd frontend, depending on your preferences.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fookebox

Install fookebox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fookebox

Install fookebox 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 fookebox using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fookebox

How To Uninstall fookebox on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove fookebox

Uninstall fookebox And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fookebox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fookebox

Remove fookebox Configurations and Data

To remove fookebox configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fookebox

Remove fookebox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fookebox

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fookebox package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.