How To Install libao-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libao-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libao-common
libao-common is:
Libao is a cross-platform audio library that allows programs to output audio using a simple API on a wide variety of platforms. It currently supports:
- Null output (handy for testing without a sound device)
- WAV files
- AU files
- OSS (Open Sound System, used on Linux and FreeBSD)
- ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
- PulseAudio (next generation GNOME sound server)
- and several others.
This package contains config files and man pages for libao.
There are three methods to install libao-common 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 libao-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libao-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libao-common
Install libao-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libao-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libao-common
Install libao-common 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 libao-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libao-common
How To Uninstall libao-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libao-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libao-common
Uninstall libao-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libao-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libao-common
Remove libao-common Configurations and Data
To remove libao-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libao-common
Remove libao-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libao-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libao-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libao-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
