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