How To Install libmysofa-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysofa-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmysofa-utils
libmysofa-utils 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 mysofa2json utility.
There are three methods to install libmysofa-utils 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmysofa-utils
Install libmysofa-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmysofa-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmysofa-utils
Install libmysofa-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmysofa-utils
How To Uninstall libmysofa-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmysofa-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmysofa-utils
Uninstall libmysofa-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmysofa-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmysofa-utils
Remove libmysofa-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libmysofa-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmysofa-utils
Remove libmysofa-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmysofa-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmysofa-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysofa-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
