How To Install liboggz2 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboggz2 on Ubuntu 18.04. liboggz2 is convenience interface for Ogg stream I/O

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboggz2 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liboggz2

liboggz2 is:

Oggz provides a simple programming interface for reading and writing Ogg files and streams.

liboggz supports the flexibility afforded by the Ogg file format while presenting the following API niceties:

  • Strict adherence to the formatting requirements of Ogg bitstreams, to ensure that only valid bitstreams are generated.
  • A simple, callback based open/read/close or open/write/close interface to raw Ogg files.
  • A customisable seeking abstraction for seeking on multitrack Ogg data.
  • A packet queue for feeding incoming packets for writing, with callback based notification when this queue is empty.
  • A handy table structure for storing information on each logical bitstream.

There are three methods to install liboggz2 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 liboggz2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liboggz2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liboggz2

Install liboggz2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liboggz2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liboggz2

Install liboggz2 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 liboggz2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liboggz2

How To Uninstall liboggz2 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liboggz2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liboggz2

Uninstall liboggz2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liboggz2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboggz2

Remove liboggz2 Configurations and Data

To remove liboggz2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liboggz2

Remove liboggz2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liboggz2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liboggz2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboggz2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.