How To Install ffado-mixer-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffado-mixer-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ffado-mixer-qt4
ffado-mixer-qt4 is:
FFADO is a Linux driver for FireWire (IEEE1394) audio devices.
The FFADO library permits discovering and configuring such devices and provides an API for streaming clients.
This package holds the mixer and control applications that communicate with ffado-dbus-server. (Qt4 version)
There are three methods to install ffado-mixer-qt4 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 ffado-mixer-qt4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ffado-mixer-qt4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ffado-mixer-qt4
Install ffado-mixer-qt4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ffado-mixer-qt4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ffado-mixer-qt4
Install ffado-mixer-qt4 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 ffado-mixer-qt4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ffado-mixer-qt4
How To Uninstall ffado-mixer-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ffado-mixer-qt4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ffado-mixer-qt4
Uninstall ffado-mixer-qt4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ffado-mixer-qt4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ffado-mixer-qt4
Remove ffado-mixer-qt4 Configurations and Data
To remove ffado-mixer-qt4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ffado-mixer-qt4
Remove ffado-mixer-qt4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ffado-mixer-qt4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ffado-mixer-qt4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffado-mixer-qt4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
