How To Install mp3splt-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mp3splt-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04. mp3splt-gtk is split MP3, Ogg Vorbis, or FLAC files without re-encoding

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mp3splt-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is mp3splt-gtk

mp3splt-gtk is:

This package provides the graphical interface for splitting audio files at a given begin and end time position without decoding. If splitting an album, you can select split points and filenames manually or read them from CDDB or cue files. Splitting on silence and data from Mp3Wrap or AlbumWrap is also supported. For mp3 files, both ID3v1 & ID3v2 tags are supported. A command line interface is provided in the mp3splt package.

There are three methods to install mp3splt-gtk 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 mp3splt-gtk Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mp3splt-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mp3splt-gtk

Install mp3splt-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mp3splt-gtk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mp3splt-gtk

Install mp3splt-gtk 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 mp3splt-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mp3splt-gtk

How To Uninstall mp3splt-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the mp3splt-gtk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mp3splt-gtk

Uninstall mp3splt-gtk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mp3splt-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mp3splt-gtk

Remove mp3splt-gtk Configurations and Data

To remove mp3splt-gtk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mp3splt-gtk

Remove mp3splt-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mp3splt-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mp3splt-gtk

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mp3splt-gtk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.