How To Install aften on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install aften on Ubuntu 20.04. aften is audio AC3 encoder

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aften on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is aften

aften is:

Aften is an audio encoder which generates compressed audio streams based on ATSC A/52 specification. This type of audio is also known as AC-3 or Dolby® Digital and is one of the audio codecs used in DVD-Video content.

There are three methods to install aften on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install aften Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aften

Install aften Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install aften using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install aften

Install aften 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 aften using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aften

How To Uninstall aften on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the aften package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aften

Uninstall aften And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aften and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aften

Remove aften Configurations and Data

To remove aften configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aften

Remove aften configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aften

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aften package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.