How To Install nas on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nas on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nas
nas is:
The Network Audio System (NAS) was developed by NCD for playing, recording, and manipulating audio data over a network. Like the X Window System, it uses the client/server model to separate applications from the specific drivers that control audio input and output devices.
This package contains the NAS daemon (nasd), needed for local output from NAS.
There are three methods to install nas on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nas Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nas using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nas
Install nas Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nas using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nas
Install nas 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 nas using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nas
How To Uninstall nas on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nas package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nas
Uninstall nas And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nas and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nas
Remove nas Configurations and Data
To remove nas configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nas
Remove nas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nas configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nas
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nas package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.