How To Install ezstream on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ezstream on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ezstream
ezstream is:
Ezstream is an audio and video streaming client which feeds any icecast server with audio data and metadata from a standard input without reencoding. It thus requires very little CPU resources. Some playlists can be looped and composed with MP3, Ogg Vorbis or Ogg Theora media files. Shoutcast metadata are also supported.
There are three methods to install ezstream on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ezstream Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ezstream using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ezstream
Install ezstream Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ezstream using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ezstream
Install ezstream 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 ezstream using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ezstream
How To Uninstall ezstream on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ezstream package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ezstream
Uninstall ezstream And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ezstream and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ezstream
Remove ezstream Configurations and Data
To remove ezstream configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ezstream
Remove ezstream configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ezstream configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ezstream
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ezstream package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
