How To Install libambix-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libambix-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libambix-utils
libambix-utils is:
libambix is a library of C routines for reading and writing files following the “ambix” (AMBIsonics eXchange) conventions.
Ambisonics is a periphonic (3D) surround sound technique, with a scalable spatial resolution (put simply: “the more audio channels you use, the better”). The ambix convention defines an extensible format for exchanging soundfiles containing Higher Order Ambisonics data.
This package contains additional commandline utilities to work with ambix-files:
- ambix-info: Print information on ambix files
- ambix-interleave: Merges several audio files into an ambix file
- ambix-deinterleave: Split an ambix file into several mono files
- ambix-jplay: Play back an ambix file via JACK
- ambix-jrecord: Record an ambix file via JACK
There are three methods to install libambix-utils 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 libambix-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libambix-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libambix-utils
Install libambix-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libambix-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libambix-utils
Install libambix-utils 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 libambix-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libambix-utils
How To Uninstall libambix-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libambix-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libambix-utils
Uninstall libambix-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libambix-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libambix-utils
Remove libambix-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libambix-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libambix-utils
Remove libambix-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libambix-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libambix-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libambix-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
