How To Install sound-juicer on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install sound-juicer on Ubuntu 20.04. sound-juicer is GNOME CD Ripper

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sound-juicer on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is sound-juicer

sound-juicer is:

A CD ripper for GNOME which aims to have a simple, clean, easy to use interface.

The package includes support by default for Vorbis and FLAC formats. For other supports you need the following packages:

  • gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly to encode to MP2,
  • gstreamer1.0-lame (not available in the Debian archive) to encode to MP3,
  • gstreamer1.0-plugins-really-bad (not available in Debian) to encode to AAC.

There are three methods to install sound-juicer 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 sound-juicer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sound-juicer

Install sound-juicer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sound-juicer

Install sound-juicer 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 sound-juicer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sound-juicer

How To Uninstall sound-juicer on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the sound-juicer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sound-juicer

Uninstall sound-juicer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sound-juicer

Remove sound-juicer Configurations and Data

To remove sound-juicer configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sound-juicer

Remove sound-juicer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sound-juicer

References

Summary

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