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