How To Install libcvc0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcvc0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libcvc0 is Cinnamon pulseaudio abstraction library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcvc0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libcvc0

libcvc0 is:

This library contains code to access PulseAudio using a GObject based library, shared between cinnamon-control-center, cinnamon-settings-daemon and cinnamon. It is not API stable, and it is meant to be used as a submodule.

There are three methods to install libcvc0 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 libcvc0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcvc0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcvc0

Install libcvc0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcvc0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcvc0

Install libcvc0 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 libcvc0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcvc0

How To Uninstall libcvc0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libcvc0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcvc0

Uninstall libcvc0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcvc0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcvc0

Remove libcvc0 Configurations and Data

To remove libcvc0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcvc0

Remove libcvc0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcvc0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcvc0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcvc0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.