How To Install liquidsoap-plugin-lame on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liquidsoap-plugin-lame on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liquidsoap-plugin-lame
liquidsoap-plugin-lame is:
Liquidsoap is a powerful tool for building complex audio streaming systems, typically targeting internet radios (e.g. icecast streams).
It consists of a simple script language, in which you can create, combine and transform audio sources. Its design makes liquidsoap flexible and easily extensible.
This package provides support for MP3 encoding in Liquidsoap.
There are three methods to install liquidsoap-plugin-lame 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 liquidsoap-plugin-lame Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liquidsoap-plugin-lame using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liquidsoap-plugin-lame
Install liquidsoap-plugin-lame Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liquidsoap-plugin-lame using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liquidsoap-plugin-lame
Install liquidsoap-plugin-lame 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 liquidsoap-plugin-lame using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liquidsoap-plugin-lame
How To Uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-lame on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liquidsoap-plugin-lame package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liquidsoap-plugin-lame
Uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-lame And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-lame and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liquidsoap-plugin-lame
Remove liquidsoap-plugin-lame Configurations and Data
To remove liquidsoap-plugin-lame configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liquidsoap-plugin-lame
Remove liquidsoap-plugin-lame configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liquidsoap-plugin-lame configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liquidsoap-plugin-lame
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liquidsoap-plugin-lame package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
