How To Install libportaudio2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportaudio2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libportaudio2
libportaudio2 is:
PortAudio is a portable audio I/O library designed for cross-platform support of audio. It uses a callback mechanism to request audio processing. Audio can be generated in various formats, including 32 bit floating point, and will be converted to the native format internally.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libportaudio2 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 libportaudio2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libportaudio2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libportaudio2
Install libportaudio2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libportaudio2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libportaudio2
Install libportaudio2 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 libportaudio2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libportaudio2
How To Uninstall libportaudio2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libportaudio2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libportaudio2
Uninstall libportaudio2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libportaudio2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libportaudio2
Remove libportaudio2 Configurations and Data
To remove libportaudio2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libportaudio2
Remove libportaudio2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libportaudio2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libportaudio2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportaudio2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
