How To Install libsox-fmt-base on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsox-fmt-base on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsox-fmt-base
libsox-fmt-base is:
SoX is the swiss army knife of sound processing.
This package contains most audio formats libraries supported by SoX. Among them: Ogg Vorbis, WAV, AIFF, VOC, SND, AU, GSM, WavPack, LPC10, FLAC, MATLAB/GNU Octave, Portable Voice Format, AMR and Sound Forge Audio Format.
There are three methods to install libsox-fmt-base 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 libsox-fmt-base Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsox-fmt-base using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsox-fmt-base
Install libsox-fmt-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsox-fmt-base using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsox-fmt-base
Install libsox-fmt-base 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 libsox-fmt-base using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsox-fmt-base
How To Uninstall libsox-fmt-base on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsox-fmt-base package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsox-fmt-base
Uninstall libsox-fmt-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsox-fmt-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsox-fmt-base
Remove libsox-fmt-base Configurations and Data
To remove libsox-fmt-base configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsox-fmt-base
Remove libsox-fmt-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsox-fmt-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsox-fmt-base
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsox-fmt-base package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
