How To Install libmpcdec-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpcdec-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmpcdec-dev
libmpcdec-dev is:
Musepack is an audio compression format with a strong emphasis on high quality. It’s not lossless, but it is designed for transparency, so that you won’t be able to hear differences between the original wave file and the much smaller MPC file.
It is based on the MPEG-1 Layer-2 / MP2 algorithms, but since 1997 it has rapidly developed and vastly improved and is now at an advanced stage in which it contains heavily optimized and patentless code.
This package contains the header files, static libraries and symbolic links that developers using libreplaygain will need.
There are three methods to install libmpcdec-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 libmpcdec-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 libmpcdec-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmpcdec-dev
Install libmpcdec-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpcdec-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmpcdec-dev
Install libmpcdec-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 libmpcdec-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmpcdec-dev
How To Uninstall libmpcdec-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmpcdec-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmpcdec-dev
Uninstall libmpcdec-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmpcdec-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpcdec-dev
Remove libmpcdec-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmpcdec-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmpcdec-dev
Remove libmpcdec-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmpcdec-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpcdec-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpcdec-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
