How To Install libgsound-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsound-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libgsound-doc is small library for playing system sounds (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsound-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libgsound-doc

libgsound-doc is:

GSound is a small library for playing system sounds. It’s designed to be used via GObject Introspection, and is a thin wrapper around the libcanberra C library.

This package contains the documentation.

There are three methods to install libgsound-doc 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 libgsound-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgsound-doc

Install libgsound-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgsound-doc

Install libgsound-doc 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 libgsound-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgsound-doc

How To Uninstall libgsound-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libgsound-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgsound-doc

Uninstall libgsound-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgsound-doc

Remove libgsound-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libgsound-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgsound-doc

Remove libgsound-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgsound-doc

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Summary

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