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