How To Install shntool on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shntool on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is shntool
shntool is:
shntool is a multi-purpose WAVE data processing and reporting utility. File formats are abstracted from its core, so it can process any file that contains WAVE data, compressed or not - provided there exists a format module to handle that particular file type.
shntool has native support for .wav files. If you want it to work with other formats, you must have the appropriate helper program installed. Some of these helper programs - notably for Monkey’s Audio, LPAC, OptimFROG - are not (yet) available in Debian.
With the helper programs mentioned above, shntool is able to convert files between all supported formats.
There are three methods to install shntool 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 shntool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install shntool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shntool
Install shntool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shntool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shntool
Install shntool 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 shntool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shntool
How To Uninstall shntool on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the shntool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shntool
Uninstall shntool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shntool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shntool
Remove shntool Configurations and Data
To remove shntool configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shntool
Remove shntool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shntool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shntool
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shntool package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
