How To Install libofa0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libofa0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libofa0 is library for acoustic fingerprinting

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libofa0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libofa0

libofa0 is:

LibOFA (Library Open Fingerprint Architecture) is a library for generating acoustic fingerprints that can be used to identify music files using the MusicDNS service.

This package provides the runtime library.

There are three methods to install libofa0 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 libofa0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libofa0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libofa0

Install libofa0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libofa0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libofa0

Install libofa0 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 libofa0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libofa0

How To Uninstall libofa0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libofa0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libofa0

Uninstall libofa0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libofa0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libofa0

Remove libofa0 Configurations and Data

To remove libofa0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libofa0

Remove libofa0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libofa0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libofa0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libofa0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.