How To Install pyliblo-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyliblo-utils on Ubuntu 18.04. pyliblo-utils is Command line utilities for sending and receiving OSC messages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyliblo-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is pyliblo-utils

pyliblo-utils is:

This package contains the send_osc and dump_osc utilities, which can be used to send OSC messages from a command line, and to print all incoming messages.

Open Sound Control (OSC) is a protocol for communication among computers, sound synthesizers, and other multimedia devices that is optimized for modern networking technology.

There are three methods to install pyliblo-utils 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 pyliblo-utils Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pyliblo-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pyliblo-utils

Install pyliblo-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pyliblo-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pyliblo-utils

Install pyliblo-utils 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 pyliblo-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pyliblo-utils

How To Uninstall pyliblo-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the pyliblo-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pyliblo-utils

Uninstall pyliblo-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pyliblo-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pyliblo-utils

Remove pyliblo-utils Configurations and Data

To remove pyliblo-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pyliblo-utils

Remove pyliblo-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pyliblo-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pyliblo-utils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyliblo-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.