How To Install libpcaudio0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcaudio0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libpcaudio0 is C API to different audio devices - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcaudio0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libpcaudio0

libpcaudio0 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 shared library.

There are three methods to install libpcaudio0 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 libpcaudio0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpcaudio0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpcaudio0

Install libpcaudio0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpcaudio0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpcaudio0

Install libpcaudio0 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 libpcaudio0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpcaudio0

How To Uninstall libpcaudio0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libpcaudio0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpcaudio0

Uninstall libpcaudio0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpcaudio0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcaudio0

Remove libpcaudio0 Configurations and Data

To remove libpcaudio0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpcaudio0

Remove libpcaudio0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpcaudio0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcaudio0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcaudio0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.