How To Install libffado-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffado-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libffado-dev
libffado-dev is:
FFADO is a Linux driver for FireWire (IEEE1394) audio devices.
The FFADO library permits discovering and configuring such devices and provides an API for streaming clients.
This package holds the development files.
There are three methods to install libffado-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 libffado-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 libffado-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libffado-dev
Install libffado-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libffado-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libffado-dev
Install libffado-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 libffado-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libffado-dev
How To Uninstall libffado-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libffado-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libffado-dev
Uninstall libffado-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libffado-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffado-dev
Remove libffado-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libffado-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libffado-dev
Remove libffado-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libffado-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffado-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffado-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
