How To Install libspctag1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspctag1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libspctag1 is ID666 tags edition support library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspctag1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libspctag1

libspctag1 is:

libspctag provides a library that allows reading and writing ID666 tags from SPC files (SNES audio files). For the moment, libspctag do not support extended ID666 edition.

There are three methods to install libspctag1 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 libspctag1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libspctag1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libspctag1

Install libspctag1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libspctag1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libspctag1

Install libspctag1 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 libspctag1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libspctag1

How To Uninstall libspctag1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libspctag1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libspctag1

Uninstall libspctag1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libspctag1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspctag1

Remove libspctag1 Configurations and Data

To remove libspctag1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libspctag1

Remove libspctag1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libspctag1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspctag1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspctag1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.