How To Install roarclients on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install roarclients on Ubuntu 18.04. roarclients is Collection of basic clients for the RoarAudio Sound System

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install roarclients on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is roarclients

roarclients is:

This package is a collection of basic clients for the RoarAudio Sound System based on libroar. The collection includes tools for playback and recording as well as controlling and monitoring the sound system. Some tools are also very helpful for testing and debugging a RoarAudio setup or software.

There are three methods to install roarclients 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 roarclients Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install roarclients

Install roarclients Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install roarclients using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install roarclients

Install roarclients 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 roarclients using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install roarclients

How To Uninstall roarclients on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the roarclients package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove roarclients

Uninstall roarclients And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove roarclients

Remove roarclients Configurations and Data

To remove roarclients configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge roarclients

Remove roarclients configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge roarclients

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Summary

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