How To Install liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 on Ubuntu 18.04. liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 is Last.fm fingerprinting library (Qt5 build)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liblastfm-fingerprint5-1

liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 is:

liblastfm is a collection of C++/Qt5 libraries provided by Last.fm for use with their web services.

This library lets you fingerprint decoded audio tracks and fetch metadata suggestions for them.

There are three methods to install liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 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 liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblastfm-fingerprint5-1

Install liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblastfm-fingerprint5-1

Install liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 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 liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblastfm-fingerprint5-1

How To Uninstall liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblastfm-fingerprint5-1

Uninstall liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblastfm-fingerprint5-1

Remove liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 Configurations and Data

To remove liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblastfm-fingerprint5-1

Remove liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblastfm-fingerprint5-1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm-fingerprint5-1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.