How To Install gxmms2 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gxmms2
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gxmms2
gxmms2 is:
gxmms2 is a GTK2-based XMMS2 client, written in C. Its main window is small and simple. It includes a playlist editor with a medialib search and an artist browser and a file information dialog.
There are three methods to install gxmms2
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gxmms2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gxmms2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gxmms2
Install gxmms2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gxmms2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gxmms2
Install gxmms2 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 gxmms2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gxmms2
How To Uninstall gxmms2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gxmms2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gxmms2
Uninstall gxmms2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gxmms2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gxmms2
Remove gxmms2 Configurations and Data
To remove gxmms2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gxmms2
Remove gxmms2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gxmms2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gxmms2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gxmms2
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.