How To Install libsox-fmt-pulse on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsox-fmt-pulse on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsox-fmt-pulse
libsox-fmt-pulse is:
SoX is the swiss army knife of sound processing.
This package contains the SoX PulseAudio format I/O library.
PulseAudio: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/
There are three methods to install libsox-fmt-pulse 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-pulse 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-pulse using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsox-fmt-pulse
Install libsox-fmt-pulse Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsox-fmt-pulse using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsox-fmt-pulse
Install libsox-fmt-pulse 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-pulse using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsox-fmt-pulse
How To Uninstall libsox-fmt-pulse on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsox-fmt-pulse package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsox-fmt-pulse
Uninstall libsox-fmt-pulse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsox-fmt-pulse 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-pulse
Remove libsox-fmt-pulse Configurations and Data
To remove libsox-fmt-pulse configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsox-fmt-pulse
Remove libsox-fmt-pulse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsox-fmt-pulse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsox-fmt-pulse
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsox-fmt-pulse package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
