How To Install libaudiofile-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudiofile-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libaudiofile-dev
libaudiofile-dev is:
The audiofile library allows the processing of audio data to and from audio files of many common formats (currently AIFF, AIFF-C, WAVE, NeXT/Sun, BICS, and raw data).
This package contains the development headers and library files needed to compile programs using libaudiofile, as well as example programs for identifying and converting audio files.
There are three methods to install libaudiofile-dev 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 libaudiofile-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libaudiofile-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libaudiofile-dev
Install libaudiofile-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libaudiofile-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libaudiofile-dev
Install libaudiofile-dev 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 libaudiofile-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libaudiofile-dev
How To Uninstall libaudiofile-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libaudiofile-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libaudiofile-dev
Uninstall libaudiofile-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libaudiofile-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaudiofile-dev
Remove libaudiofile-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libaudiofile-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libaudiofile-dev
Remove libaudiofile-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libaudiofile-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaudiofile-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudiofile-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
