How To Install libphonon4qt5experimental-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libphonon4qt5experimental-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libphonon4qt5experimental-dev
libphonon4qt5experimental-dev is:
Phonon is a Qt 5 multimedia API, which provides a task-oriented abstraction layer for capturing, mixing, processing, and playing audio and video content.
This package contains the development files needed to build Phonon back-ends or internal applications which need the Phonon-Experimental library. Third-party applications should not depend on this library. Please read README.Debian if you are considering a build-dependency on this package.
There are three methods to install libphonon4qt5experimental-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 libphonon4qt5experimental-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 libphonon4qt5experimental-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libphonon4qt5experimental-dev
Install libphonon4qt5experimental-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libphonon4qt5experimental-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libphonon4qt5experimental-dev
Install libphonon4qt5experimental-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 libphonon4qt5experimental-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libphonon4qt5experimental-dev
How To Uninstall libphonon4qt5experimental-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libphonon4qt5experimental-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libphonon4qt5experimental-dev
Uninstall libphonon4qt5experimental-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libphonon4qt5experimental-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libphonon4qt5experimental-dev
Remove libphonon4qt5experimental-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libphonon4qt5experimental-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libphonon4qt5experimental-dev
Remove libphonon4qt5experimental-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libphonon4qt5experimental-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libphonon4qt5experimental-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libphonon4qt5experimental-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
