How To Install python3-pydub on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pydub on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-pydub
python3-pydub is:
Pydub is a library to manipulate audio data with a simple high level interface.
The library support (among others) the following functions:
- can use
ffmpeg' to support other formats than.wav' - extract segments of audio data
- concatenation
- make segments louder or quieter
- add repeats
- cross-fade
- edit file metadata
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-pydub 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 python3-pydub Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pydub using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pydub
Install python3-pydub Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pydub using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pydub
Install python3-pydub 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 python3-pydub using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pydub
How To Uninstall python3-pydub on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-pydub package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pydub
Uninstall python3-pydub And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pydub and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pydub
Remove python3-pydub Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pydub configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pydub
Remove python3-pydub configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pydub configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pydub
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pydub package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
