How To Install mp3gain on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mp3gain on Ubuntu 22.04. mp3gain is Lossless mp3 normalizer with statistical analysis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mp3gain on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is mp3gain

mp3gain is:

MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume. MP3Gain does not just do peak normalization, as many normalizers do. Instead, it does some statistical analysis (using the replaygain algorithm) to determine how loud the file actually sounds to the human ear.

MP3Gain can adjust the volume in a completely lossless way by modifying the mp3 file directly, without decoding and re-encoding. This works with all mp3 players, i.e. no support for a special tag is required.

MP3Gain can also add replaygain compatible (APE) or ID3v2 gain tags to mp3 files.

There are three methods to install mp3gain 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 mp3gain Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mp3gain using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mp3gain

Install mp3gain Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mp3gain using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mp3gain

Install mp3gain 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 mp3gain using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mp3gain

How To Uninstall mp3gain on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the mp3gain package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mp3gain

Uninstall mp3gain And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mp3gain and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mp3gain

Remove mp3gain Configurations and Data

To remove mp3gain configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mp3gain

Remove mp3gain configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mp3gain configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mp3gain

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mp3gain package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.