How To Install libphononexperimental-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libphononexperimental-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libphononexperimental-dev
libphononexperimental-dev is:
Phonon is the Qt 4 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 libphononexperimental-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 libphononexperimental-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 libphononexperimental-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libphononexperimental-dev
Install libphononexperimental-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libphononexperimental-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libphononexperimental-dev
Install libphononexperimental-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 libphononexperimental-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libphononexperimental-dev
How To Uninstall libphononexperimental-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libphononexperimental-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libphononexperimental-dev
Uninstall libphononexperimental-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libphononexperimental-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libphononexperimental-dev
Remove libphononexperimental-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libphononexperimental-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libphononexperimental-dev
Remove libphononexperimental-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libphononexperimental-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libphononexperimental-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libphononexperimental-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
