How To Install amarok-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amarok-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is amarok-common
amarok-common is:
This package contains architecture independent files needed for Amarok to run properly. Therefore, unless you have ‘amarok’ package of the same version installed, you will hardly find this package useful.
There are three methods to install amarok-common 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 amarok-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install amarok-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install amarok-common
Install amarok-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install amarok-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install amarok-common
Install amarok-common 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 amarok-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install amarok-common
How To Uninstall amarok-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the amarok-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove amarok-common
Uninstall amarok-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall amarok-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove amarok-common
Remove amarok-common Configurations and Data
To remove amarok-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge amarok-common
Remove amarok-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove amarok-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amarok-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amarok-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
