How To Install samplerate-programs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install samplerate-programs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is samplerate-programs
samplerate-programs is:
This package contains simple example programs for resampling sound files with the libsamplerate library.
Currently, the only binary included is sndfile-resample which uses libsndfile to read and write audio files and libsamplerate to do the rate conversion.
There are three methods to install samplerate-programs 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 samplerate-programs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install samplerate-programs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install samplerate-programs
Install samplerate-programs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install samplerate-programs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install samplerate-programs
Install samplerate-programs 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 samplerate-programs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install samplerate-programs
How To Uninstall samplerate-programs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the samplerate-programs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove samplerate-programs
Uninstall samplerate-programs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall samplerate-programs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove samplerate-programs
Remove samplerate-programs Configurations and Data
To remove samplerate-programs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge samplerate-programs
Remove samplerate-programs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove samplerate-programs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge samplerate-programs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install samplerate-programs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.