How To Install transcriber on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install transcriber on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is transcriber
transcriber is:
Transcriber enables easy transcription of recorded speech. It is indispensable for every task that involves examination and transcription of audio files, like transcription of recorded interviews, song lyrics, radio shows and so on. It is also useful if you are active in the field of speech research.
The snack library (included in contrib in transcriber-1.2) is now a separate package, tcl-snack. This package still includes html_library-0.3.
There are three methods to install transcriber 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 transcriber Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install transcriber using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install transcriber
Install transcriber Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install transcriber using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install transcriber
Install transcriber 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 transcriber using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install transcriber
How To Uninstall transcriber on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the transcriber package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove transcriber
Uninstall transcriber And Its Dependencies
To uninstall transcriber and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove transcriber
Remove transcriber Configurations and Data
To remove transcriber configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge transcriber
Remove transcriber configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove transcriber configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge transcriber
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install transcriber package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
