How To Install kradio4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kradio4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kradio4
kradio4 is:
KRadio is a comfortable radio application for KDE 4.x with support for V4L and V4L2 radio cards drivers.
KRadio currently provides:
- V4L/V4L2 radio support
- Remote control support (LIRC)
- Alarms, sleep Countdown
- Several GUI Controls (Docking Menu, Station Quickbar, Radio Display)
- Recording capabilities, including MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, and WAV encoding
- Timeshifter functionality
- Extendable plugin architecture
This package also includes a growing collection of station preset files for many cities around the world contributed by KRadio users.
As KRadio is based on an extendable plugin architecture, contributions of new plugins (e.g. Internet Radio Streams, new cool GUIs) are welcome.
There are three methods to install kradio4 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 kradio4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kradio4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kradio4
Install kradio4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kradio4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kradio4
Install kradio4 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 kradio4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kradio4
How To Uninstall kradio4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kradio4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kradio4
Uninstall kradio4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kradio4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kradio4
Remove kradio4 Configurations and Data
To remove kradio4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kradio4
Remove kradio4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kradio4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kradio4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kradio4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
