How To Install libsndfile1-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsndfile1-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libsndfile1-dev
libsndfile1-dev is:
libsndfile is a library of C routines for reading and writing files containing sampled audio data.
This is the development version of libsndfile. You will need this only if you intend to compile programs that use this library.
Package: libsndfile1-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.0.28-7 Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: libsndfile Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1245 Provides: libsndfile-dev Depends: libsndfile1 (= 1.0.28-7), pkg-config, libvorbis-dev (>= 1.2.3), libflac-dev (>= 1.1.4-3) Conflicts: libsndfile-dev, libsndfile0-dev Replaces: libsndfile-dev Filename: pool/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1-dev_1.0.28-7_amd64.deb Size: 280164 MD5sum: a21e09e5266a0cad9564e3a5b780add3 SHA1: d112752316ac163cd9aab52750754c6125ffb67f SHA256: 4d16cccdc95564808cac722a845f97204f5b1692c51fee6185fd1954c0377b35 Homepage: http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/ Description-en: Development files for libsndfile; a library for reading/writing audio files libsndfile is a library of C routines for reading and writing files containing sampled audio data.
This is the development version of libsndfile. You will need this only if you intend to compile programs that use this library.
There are three methods to install libsndfile1-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsndfile1-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 libsndfile1-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsndfile1-dev
Install libsndfile1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsndfile1-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsndfile1-dev
Install libsndfile1-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 libsndfile1-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsndfile1-dev
How To Uninstall libsndfile1-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libsndfile1-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsndfile1-dev
Uninstall libsndfile1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsndfile1-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsndfile1-dev
Remove libsndfile1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsndfile1-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsndfile1-dev
Remove libsndfile1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsndfile1-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsndfile1-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsndfile1-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.