How To Install libsidplayfp-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsidplayfp-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libsidplayfp-doc is library to play Commodore 64 music based on libsidplay2 (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsidplayfp-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libsidplayfp-doc

libsidplayfp-doc is:

libsidplayfp (and its console frontend sidplayfp) is a fork of sidplay2 born with the aim to improve the quality of emulating the 6581, 8580 chips and the surrounding C64 system in order to play SID music better.

This package contains the documentation for libsidplayfp.

There are three methods to install libsidplayfp-doc 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 libsidplayfp-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsidplayfp-doc

Install libsidplayfp-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsidplayfp-doc

Install libsidplayfp-doc 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 libsidplayfp-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsidplayfp-doc

How To Uninstall libsidplayfp-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libsidplayfp-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsidplayfp-doc

Uninstall libsidplayfp-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsidplayfp-doc

Remove libsidplayfp-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libsidplayfp-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsidplayfp-doc

Remove libsidplayfp-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsidplayfp-doc

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Summary

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