How To Install muroar-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install muroar-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is muroar-bin
muroar-bin is:
RoarAudio is a sound-server for audio mixing. Its main purpose is to mix audio from different clients before sending it to its outputs (for example a soundcard).
It is completely network transparent (UNIX sockets, TCP/IP and DECnet) and supports many common codecs like Ogg Vorbis, Speex or FLAC.
This is a minimalist client library for RoarAudio. It exists because it allows non-GPL applications to use the RoarAudio sound system.
This package contains the binary applications, like muroarstream.
There are three methods to install muroar-bin 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 muroar-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install muroar-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install muroar-bin
Install muroar-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install muroar-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install muroar-bin
Install muroar-bin 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 muroar-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install muroar-bin
How To Uninstall muroar-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the muroar-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove muroar-bin
Uninstall muroar-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall muroar-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove muroar-bin
Remove muroar-bin Configurations and Data
To remove muroar-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge muroar-bin
Remove muroar-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove muroar-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge muroar-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install muroar-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
