How To Install libpcaudio-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcaudio-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpcaudio-dev
libpcaudio-dev is:
The Portable C Audio Library (pcaudiolib) provides a C API to different audio devices. It supports Alsa, OSS, and PulseAudio.
This package contains the development files needed to build against the pcaudio shared library.
There are three methods to install libpcaudio-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 libpcaudio-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 libpcaudio-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpcaudio-dev
Install libpcaudio-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcaudio-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpcaudio-dev
Install libpcaudio-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 libpcaudio-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpcaudio-dev
How To Uninstall libpcaudio-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpcaudio-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpcaudio-dev
Uninstall libpcaudio-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpcaudio-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcaudio-dev
Remove libpcaudio-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpcaudio-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpcaudio-dev
Remove libpcaudio-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpcaudio-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcaudio-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcaudio-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
