How To Install multimedia-devel on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install multimedia-devel on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is multimedia-devel
multimedia-devel is:
This metapackage will install additional software to compile audio software.
There are three methods to install multimedia-devel 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 multimedia-devel Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install multimedia-devel using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install multimedia-devel
Install multimedia-devel Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install multimedia-devel using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install multimedia-devel
Install multimedia-devel 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 multimedia-devel using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install multimedia-devel
How To Uninstall multimedia-devel on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the multimedia-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove multimedia-devel
Uninstall multimedia-devel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall multimedia-devel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove multimedia-devel
Remove multimedia-devel Configurations and Data
To remove multimedia-devel configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge multimedia-devel
Remove multimedia-devel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove multimedia-devel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multimedia-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install multimedia-devel package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
