How To Install twolame on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install twolame on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is twolame
twolame is:
TwoLAME is an optimized MPEG Audio Layer 2 encoder. It is based on tooLAME by Mike Cheng, which in turn is based upon the ISO dist10 code and portions of LAME.
Because of patent issues surrounding the MPEG Audio Layer 3 (MP3) encoders, the ability of most MPEG Audio players to play layer 2 files, and the similarity in command-line syntax and API, TwoLAME makes a very good drop-in replacement for LAME or other layer 3 encoders.
This package contains the command line frontend encoder.
There are three methods to install twolame 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 twolame Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install twolame using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install twolame
Install twolame Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install twolame using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install twolame
Install twolame 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 twolame using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install twolame
How To Uninstall twolame on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the twolame package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove twolame
Uninstall twolame And Its Dependencies
To uninstall twolame and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove twolame
Remove twolame Configurations and Data
To remove twolame configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge twolame
Remove twolame configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove twolame configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge twolame
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install twolame package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
