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