How To Install libfdk-aac-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfdk-aac-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libfdk-aac-dev
libfdk-aac-dev is:
The FDK AAC Codec Library For Android contains an encoder implementation of the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) audio codec.
This package contains the files needed to compile and statically link against the Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library.
There are three methods to install libfdk-aac-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 libfdk-aac-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 libfdk-aac-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfdk-aac-dev
Install libfdk-aac-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfdk-aac-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfdk-aac-dev
Install libfdk-aac-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 libfdk-aac-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfdk-aac-dev
How To Uninstall libfdk-aac-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libfdk-aac-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfdk-aac-dev
Uninstall libfdk-aac-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfdk-aac-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfdk-aac-dev
Remove libfdk-aac-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfdk-aac-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfdk-aac-dev
Remove libfdk-aac-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfdk-aac-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfdk-aac-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfdk-aac-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.