How To Install roarplaylistd-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install roarplaylistd-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is roarplaylistd-tools
roarplaylistd-tools is:
RoarAudio PlayList Daemon is a audio player backend daemon handling playlists. It stores playlists and plays files using RoarAudio as audio backend.
The daemon can be controlled using a simple protocol. It can listen on UNIX and TCP sockets.
File formats and codecs not supported by RoarAudio can be handled by using a helper program.
This is a collection of tools to control RoarAudio PlayList Daemon (RPLD).
There are three methods to install roarplaylistd-tools 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 roarplaylistd-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install roarplaylistd-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install roarplaylistd-tools
Install roarplaylistd-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install roarplaylistd-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install roarplaylistd-tools
Install roarplaylistd-tools 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 roarplaylistd-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install roarplaylistd-tools
How To Uninstall roarplaylistd-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the roarplaylistd-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove roarplaylistd-tools
Uninstall roarplaylistd-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall roarplaylistd-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove roarplaylistd-tools
Remove roarplaylistd-tools Configurations and Data
To remove roarplaylistd-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge roarplaylistd-tools
Remove roarplaylistd-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove roarplaylistd-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge roarplaylistd-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install roarplaylistd-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
