How To Install acoustid-fingerprinter on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install acoustid-fingerprinter on Ubuntu 18.04. acoustid-fingerprinter is Acoustid fingerprinter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install acoustid-fingerprinter on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is acoustid-fingerprinter

acoustid-fingerprinter is:

GUI application for submission Chromaprint-generated audio fingerprints to the Acoustid service.

There are three methods to install acoustid-fingerprinter 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 acoustid-fingerprinter Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install acoustid-fingerprinter using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install acoustid-fingerprinter

Install acoustid-fingerprinter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install acoustid-fingerprinter using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install acoustid-fingerprinter

Install acoustid-fingerprinter 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 acoustid-fingerprinter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install acoustid-fingerprinter

How To Uninstall acoustid-fingerprinter on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the acoustid-fingerprinter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove acoustid-fingerprinter

Uninstall acoustid-fingerprinter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall acoustid-fingerprinter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove acoustid-fingerprinter

Remove acoustid-fingerprinter Configurations and Data

To remove acoustid-fingerprinter configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge acoustid-fingerprinter

Remove acoustid-fingerprinter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove acoustid-fingerprinter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acoustid-fingerprinter

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install acoustid-fingerprinter package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.