How To Install audiotools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install audiotools
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is audiotools
audiotools is:
These include programs for CD extraction, track conversion from one audio format to another, track renaming and retagging, track identification, CD burning from tracks, and more. Supports internationalized track filenames and metadata using Unicode. Works with high-definition, multi-channel audio as well as CD-quality. Track conversion uses multiple CPUs or CPU cores if available to greatly speed the transcoding process. Track metadata can be retrieved from FreeDB, MusicBrainz or compatible servers.
There are three methods to install audiotools
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 audiotools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install audiotools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install audiotools
Install audiotools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install audiotools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install audiotools
Install audiotools 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 audiotools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install audiotools
How To Uninstall audiotools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the audiotools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove audiotools
Uninstall audiotools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall audiotools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove audiotools
Remove audiotools Configurations and Data
To remove audiotools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge audiotools
Remove audiotools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove audiotools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge audiotools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install audiotools
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.