How To Install libsndio6.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsndio6.1
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsndio6.1
libsndio6.1 is:
Sndio is a small, simple audio and MIDI framework, developed by the OpenBSD project. It provides a lightweight audio and MIDI server and a well-documented userspace API to access the server or audio hardware in a uniform way. Sndio is designed to work well for both desktop and professional music applications, and supports features found in more complex sound systems such as per-application volume control, software mixing, and network transparency.
This package contains the sndio userspace libraries.
There are three methods to install libsndio6.1
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 libsndio6.1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsndio6.1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsndio6.1
Install libsndio6.1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsndio6.1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsndio6.1
Install libsndio6.1 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 libsndio6.1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsndio6.1
How To Uninstall libsndio6.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsndio6.1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsndio6.1
Uninstall libsndio6.1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsndio6.1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsndio6.1
Remove libsndio6.1 Configurations and Data
To remove libsndio6.1
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsndio6.1
Remove libsndio6.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsndio6.1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsndio6.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsndio6.1
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.