How To Install soundconverter on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install soundconverter on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is soundconverter
soundconverter is:
SoundConverter is a simple sound converter application for the GNOME environment. It reads sound files in any format supported by GStreamer and outputs them in Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, or WAV format, or MP3 format if you have the GStreamer LAME plugin.
There are three methods to install soundconverter 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 soundconverter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install soundconverter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install soundconverter
Install soundconverter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install soundconverter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install soundconverter
Install soundconverter 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 soundconverter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install soundconverter
How To Uninstall soundconverter on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the soundconverter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove soundconverter
Uninstall soundconverter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall soundconverter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove soundconverter
Remove soundconverter Configurations and Data
To remove soundconverter configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge soundconverter
Remove soundconverter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove soundconverter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soundconverter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install soundconverter package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
