How To Install scrobbler on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scrobbler on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is scrobbler
scrobbler is:
scrobbler is a CLI tool which reads playback information from iPods, MTP (aka Plays for Sure) or Rockbox (open source audio player firmware) devices and submits them to an audioscrobbler service, such as “last.fm” or “libre.fm”.
This is a command-line tool. For a graphical version, see the ‘qtscrob’ package.
There are three methods to install scrobbler 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 scrobbler Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scrobbler using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scrobbler
Install scrobbler Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scrobbler using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scrobbler
Install scrobbler 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 scrobbler using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scrobbler
How To Uninstall scrobbler on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the scrobbler package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scrobbler
Uninstall scrobbler And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scrobbler and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scrobbler
Remove scrobbler Configurations and Data
To remove scrobbler configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scrobbler
Remove scrobbler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scrobbler configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scrobbler
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scrobbler package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
