How To Install libgroove4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgroove4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgroove4
libgroove4 is:
This library provides decoding and encoding of audio on a playlist. It is intended to be used as a backend for music player applications, however it is generic enough to be used as a backend for any audio processing utility.
Features:
- Uses libav for decoding and encoding.
- Add and remove entries on a playlist for gapless playback.
- Supports idempotent pause, play, and seek.
- Per-playlist-item gain adjustment so you can implement loudness compensation without audio glitches.
- Read and write metadata tags.
- Extensible sink-based interface. A sink provides resampling and keeps its buffer full. This package contains the raw sink which provides reference-counted raw audio buffers. Other sinks are built on top of this one.
- Thread-safe.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libgroove4 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 libgroove4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgroove4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgroove4
Install libgroove4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgroove4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgroove4
Install libgroove4 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 libgroove4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgroove4
How To Uninstall libgroove4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgroove4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgroove4
Uninstall libgroove4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgroove4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgroove4
Remove libgroove4 Configurations and Data
To remove libgroove4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgroove4
Remove libgroove4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgroove4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgroove4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgroove4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
