How To Install alsoft-conf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsoft-conf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is alsoft-conf
alsoft-conf is:
Alsoft-conf is an easy to use tool to configure OpenAL-Soft, a software implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API. It is possible to enable or disable audio backends, exclude effects, change sample depth or frequency and to position your virtual speakers.
There are three methods to install alsoft-conf 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 alsoft-conf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install alsoft-conf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alsoft-conf
Install alsoft-conf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install alsoft-conf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alsoft-conf
Install alsoft-conf 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 alsoft-conf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alsoft-conf
How To Uninstall alsoft-conf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the alsoft-conf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alsoft-conf
Uninstall alsoft-conf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall alsoft-conf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove alsoft-conf
Remove alsoft-conf Configurations and Data
To remove alsoft-conf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alsoft-conf
Remove alsoft-conf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alsoft-conf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alsoft-conf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsoft-conf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
