How To Install sweep on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sweep on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sweep
sweep is:
Sweep is an audio editor and live playback tool. It supports many music and voice formats including WAV, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, Speex and MP3, with multichannel editing and LADSPA effects plugins.
There are three methods to install sweep 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 sweep Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sweep using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sweep
Install sweep Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sweep using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sweep
Install sweep 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 sweep using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sweep
How To Uninstall sweep on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sweep package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sweep
Uninstall sweep And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sweep and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sweep
Remove sweep Configurations and Data
To remove sweep configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sweep
Remove sweep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sweep configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sweep
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sweep package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
