How To Install libsox3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsox3 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsox3
libsox3 is:
SoX is the swiss army knife of sound processing.
This package contains the SoX library which enables to convert various formats of computer audio files in to other formats. It also allows you to apply various effects to sound files.
Any format support requires at least libsox-fmt-base. Sound card I/O requires libsox-fmt-alsa, libsox-fmt-ao, libsox-fmt-oss or libsox-fmt-pulse.
There are three methods to install libsox3 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 libsox3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsox3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsox3
Install libsox3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsox3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsox3
Install libsox3 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 libsox3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsox3
How To Uninstall libsox3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsox3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsox3
Uninstall libsox3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsox3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsox3
Remove libsox3 Configurations and Data
To remove libsox3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsox3
Remove libsox3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsox3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsox3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsox3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
