How To Install libsoundio2 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoundio2
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libsoundio2
libsoundio2 is:
libsoundio is a lightweight abstraction over various sound drivers. It provides a well-documented API that operates consistently regardless of the sound driver it connects to. It performs no buffering or processing on your behalf; instead exposing the raw power of the underlying backend.
libsoundio is appropriate for games, music players, digital audio workstations, and various utilities.
libsoundio is serious about robustness. It even handles out of memory conditions correctly.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libsoundio2
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsoundio2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsoundio2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsoundio2
Install libsoundio2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsoundio2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsoundio2
Install libsoundio2 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 libsoundio2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsoundio2
How To Uninstall libsoundio2 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libsoundio2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsoundio2
Uninstall libsoundio2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsoundio2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsoundio2
Remove libsoundio2 Configurations and Data
To remove libsoundio2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsoundio2
Remove libsoundio2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsoundio2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsoundio2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoundio2
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.