How To Install sonic on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sonic on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sonic
sonic is:
Sonic is a very simple utility that reads and writes wav files, and speeds them up or slows them down, with low distortion. The key new feature in Sonic versus other libraries is very high quality at speed up factors well over 2X.
There are three methods to install sonic 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 sonic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sonic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sonic
Install sonic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sonic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sonic
Install sonic 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 sonic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sonic
How To Uninstall sonic on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sonic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sonic
Uninstall sonic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sonic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sonic
Remove sonic Configurations and Data
To remove sonic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sonic
Remove sonic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sonic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sonic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sonic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
