How To Install liquidsoap-plugin-mad on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liquidsoap-plugin-mad on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liquidsoap-plugin-mad
liquidsoap-plugin-mad 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 audio data decoding in Liquidsoap.
There are three methods to install liquidsoap-plugin-mad 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-mad 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-mad using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liquidsoap-plugin-mad
Install liquidsoap-plugin-mad Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liquidsoap-plugin-mad using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liquidsoap-plugin-mad
Install liquidsoap-plugin-mad 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-mad using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liquidsoap-plugin-mad
How To Uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-mad on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liquidsoap-plugin-mad package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liquidsoap-plugin-mad
Uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-mad And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liquidsoap-plugin-mad 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-mad
Remove liquidsoap-plugin-mad Configurations and Data
To remove liquidsoap-plugin-mad configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liquidsoap-plugin-mad
Remove liquidsoap-plugin-mad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liquidsoap-plugin-mad configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liquidsoap-plugin-mad
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liquidsoap-plugin-mad package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
