How To Install banshee-meego on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install banshee-meego on Ubuntu 18.04. banshee-meego is Media Management and Playback application - MeeGo extension

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install banshee-meego on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is banshee-meego

banshee-meego is:

Banshee is a media management and playback application for the GNOME desktop, allowing users to import audio from CDs, search their library, create playlists of selections of their library, sync music to/from iPods and other media devices, play and manage video files and burn selections to a CD.

This package contains Banshee’s MeeGo interface, optimised for running on small devices.

There are three methods to install banshee-meego 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 banshee-meego Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install banshee-meego

Install banshee-meego Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install banshee-meego

Install banshee-meego 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 banshee-meego using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install banshee-meego

How To Uninstall banshee-meego on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the banshee-meego package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove banshee-meego

Uninstall banshee-meego And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove banshee-meego

Remove banshee-meego Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge banshee-meego

Remove banshee-meego configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge banshee-meego

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Summary

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