How To Install libmysofa-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysofa-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmysofa-dev
libmysofa-dev is:
libmysofa is a light weight C-library intended to read SOFA (Spatially Oriented Format for Acoustics) files for spatial rendering. It hardly has any library dependencies and is suitable for embedded devices.
It reads SOFA files and checks whether the data complies to the “SimpleFreeFieldHRIR” conventions. In addition, it provides functions to look-up and interpolate the filters for a given orientation and to normalize the HRTFs (Head-Related Transfer Functions) to a reference level.
This package contains the files necessary to compile applications using libmysofa.
There are three methods to install libmysofa-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 libmysofa-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 libmysofa-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmysofa-dev
Install libmysofa-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmysofa-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmysofa-dev
Install libmysofa-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 libmysofa-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmysofa-dev
How To Uninstall libmysofa-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmysofa-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmysofa-dev
Uninstall libmysofa-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmysofa-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmysofa-dev
Remove libmysofa-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmysofa-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmysofa-dev
Remove libmysofa-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmysofa-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmysofa-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysofa-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
