How To Install libsidplayfp4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsidplayfp4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsidplayfp4
libsidplayfp4 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.
There are three methods to install libsidplayfp4 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 libsidplayfp4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsidplayfp4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsidplayfp4
Install libsidplayfp4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsidplayfp4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsidplayfp4
Install libsidplayfp4 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 libsidplayfp4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsidplayfp4
How To Uninstall libsidplayfp4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsidplayfp4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsidplayfp4
Uninstall libsidplayfp4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsidplayfp4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsidplayfp4
Remove libsidplayfp4 Configurations and Data
To remove libsidplayfp4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsidplayfp4
Remove libsidplayfp4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsidplayfp4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsidplayfp4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsidplayfp4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
