How To Install nas on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nas on Ubuntu 22.04. nas is Network Audio System - local server

Introduction

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

What is nas

nas is:

The Network Audio System (NAS) was developed by NCD for playing, recording, and manipulating audio data over a network. Like the X Window System, it uses the client/server model to separate applications from the specific drivers that control audio input and output devices.

This package contains the NAS daemon (nasd), needed for local output from NAS.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nas

Install nas Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nas

Install nas 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 nas using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nas

How To Uninstall nas on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove nas

Uninstall nas And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nas

Remove nas Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nas

Remove nas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nas

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Summary

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