How To Install silentjack on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install silentjack
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is silentjack
silentjack is:
SilentJack listens, using the JACK audio system, for silence. When silence is detected, it runs the command specified. Once the command has been run, a grace period is observed before resuming the silence detection.
There are three methods to install silentjack
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install silentjack Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install silentjack
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install silentjack
Install silentjack Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install silentjack
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install silentjack
Install silentjack 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 silentjack
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install silentjack
How To Uninstall silentjack on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the silentjack
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove silentjack
Uninstall silentjack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall silentjack
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove silentjack
Remove silentjack Configurations and Data
To remove silentjack
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge silentjack
Remove silentjack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove silentjack
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge silentjack
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install silentjack
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.