How To Install libtag-extras-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtag-extras-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtag-extras-dev
libtag-extras-dev is:
This package contains development files needed to build applications using TagLib extras library. This library implements reading and editing tags of a couple extra media file formats which are not supported by the core TagLib Audio Meta-Data Library (taglib). Currently supported file formats are ASF, Audible, MP4, RealMedia and WAV.
There are three methods to install libtag-extras-dev 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 libtag-extras-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 libtag-extras-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtag-extras-dev
Install libtag-extras-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtag-extras-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtag-extras-dev
Install libtag-extras-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 libtag-extras-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtag-extras-dev
How To Uninstall libtag-extras-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtag-extras-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtag-extras-dev
Uninstall libtag-extras-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtag-extras-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtag-extras-dev
Remove libtag-extras-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtag-extras-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtag-extras-dev
Remove libtag-extras-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtag-extras-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtag-extras-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtag-extras-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
