How To Install amarok-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amarok-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is amarok-utils
amarok-utils is:
This package contains command line utilities that are typically used by Amarok media player but might also be useful on systems without Amarok installed. They are designed to be lightweight as they do not depend on KDE libraries.
Currently the package contains the following utilities:
- amarokcollectionscanner - scans audio files, collects information from file tags and prints it in the structured XML format.
- amarok_afttagger - a helper program which writes/removes custom tags to/from media files required for embedded “Amarok File Tracking”.
There are three methods to install amarok-utils 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install amarok-utils
Install amarok-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install amarok-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install amarok-utils
Install amarok-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install amarok-utils
How To Uninstall amarok-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the amarok-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove amarok-utils
Uninstall amarok-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall amarok-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove amarok-utils
Remove amarok-utils Configurations and Data
To remove amarok-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge amarok-utils
Remove amarok-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove amarok-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amarok-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amarok-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
