How To Install libspeex-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspeex-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libspeex-dev
libspeex-dev is:
Speex is an audio codec especially designed for compressing voice at low bit-rates for applications such as voice over IP (VoIP). In some senses, it is meant to be complementary to the Vorbis codec which places a greater emphasis on high-quality music reproduction.
This package provides the speex library headers and development files.
There are three methods to install libspeex-dev
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 libspeex-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libspeex-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libspeex-dev
Install libspeex-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libspeex-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libspeex-dev
Install libspeex-dev 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 libspeex-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libspeex-dev
How To Uninstall libspeex-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libspeex-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libspeex-dev
Uninstall libspeex-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libspeex-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspeex-dev
Remove libspeex-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libspeex-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libspeex-dev
Remove libspeex-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libspeex-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspeex-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspeex-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.