How To Install rhythmbox-ampache on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rhythmbox-ampache on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rhythmbox-ampache
rhythmbox-ampache is:
Rhythmbox-Ampache is a plugin for Rhythmbox music player that allows it to stream directly from an instance of an Ampache music streaming server.
Ampache is a web-based audio file manager implemented with PHP and MySQL which allows viewing, editing, and playing audio files via the web. It has support for playlists, artist and album views, album art, random or vote-based play and per-user play-tracking/theming. Playback may be via HTTP, on-the-fly transcoding and downsampling, Mpd/Icecast, or integrated Flash player. Multiple Ampache servers can be linked together using XML-RPC. The software is fully localized in many languages.
There are three methods to install rhythmbox-ampache 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 rhythmbox-ampache Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rhythmbox-ampache using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rhythmbox-ampache
Install rhythmbox-ampache Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rhythmbox-ampache using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rhythmbox-ampache
Install rhythmbox-ampache 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 rhythmbox-ampache using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rhythmbox-ampache
How To Uninstall rhythmbox-ampache on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rhythmbox-ampache package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rhythmbox-ampache
Uninstall rhythmbox-ampache And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rhythmbox-ampache and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rhythmbox-ampache
Remove rhythmbox-ampache Configurations and Data
To remove rhythmbox-ampache configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rhythmbox-ampache
Remove rhythmbox-ampache configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rhythmbox-ampache configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rhythmbox-ampache
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rhythmbox-ampache package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
