How To Install mopidy-somafm on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mopidy-somafm on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mopidy-somafm
mopidy-somafm is:
Mopidy is a music server which can play music from multiple sources, like your local hard drive, radio streams, and from Spotify and SoundCloud.
This package provides a Mopidy extension for playing music from the SomaFM music streaming service.
There are three methods to install mopidy-somafm 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 mopidy-somafm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mopidy-somafm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mopidy-somafm
Install mopidy-somafm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mopidy-somafm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mopidy-somafm
Install mopidy-somafm 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 mopidy-somafm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mopidy-somafm
How To Uninstall mopidy-somafm on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mopidy-somafm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mopidy-somafm
Uninstall mopidy-somafm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mopidy-somafm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mopidy-somafm
Remove mopidy-somafm Configurations and Data
To remove mopidy-somafm configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mopidy-somafm
Remove mopidy-somafm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mopidy-somafm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mopidy-somafm
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mopidy-somafm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
