How To Install ncmpc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncmpc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ncmpc
ncmpc is:
This package contains a text-mode client for MPD, the Music Player Daemon. Its goal is to provide a keyboard oriented and consistent interface to MPD, without wasting resources.
Features:
- full Unicode and wide character support
- music database browser, database search, media library
- audio output configuration
- lyrics
- LIRC support
- customizable key bindings and colors
- tiny memory footprint, smaller than any other interactive MPD client
There are three methods to install ncmpc 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 ncmpc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ncmpc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ncmpc
Install ncmpc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ncmpc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ncmpc
Install ncmpc 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 ncmpc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ncmpc
How To Uninstall ncmpc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ncmpc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ncmpc
Uninstall ncmpc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ncmpc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ncmpc
Remove ncmpc Configurations and Data
To remove ncmpc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ncmpc
Remove ncmpc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ncmpc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ncmpc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncmpc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
