How To Install pacpl on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pacpl on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pacpl
pacpl is:
Perl Audio Converter is a tool for converting multiple audio types from one format to another using various external encoders/decoders.
It supports the following audio formats (but the backend program that handles a given format might not be packaged in Debian): 3G2, 3GP, 8SVX, AAC, AC3, ADTS, AIFF, AL, AMB, AMR, APE, AU, AVR, BONK, CAF, CDR, CVU, DAT, DSF, DTS, DVMS, F32, F64, FAP, FLA, FLAC, FSSD, GSRT, HCOM, IMA, IRCAM, LA, MAT, MAUD, MAT4, MAT5, M4A, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, MPP, NIST, OFF, OFR, OFS, OPUS, OGA, OGG, PAF, PRC, PVF, RA, RAM, RAW, RF64, SD2, SF, SHN, SMP, SND, SOU, SPX, SRN, TAK, TTA, TXW, VOC, VMS, VQF, W64, WAV, WMA, and WV.
It can also convert audio from the following video extensions: RM, RV, ASF, DivX, MPG, MKV, MPEG, AVI, MOV, OGM, OGV, QT, VCD, SVCD, M4V, NSV, NUV, PSP, SMK, VOB, FLV, WEBM, and WMV.
Pacpl also features parallel processing, a CD ripping function with CDDB support, batch conversion, tag preservation for most supported formats and independent tag reading & writing. Service menus for KDE (Dolphin/Konqueror), GNOME Nautilus script, and Nemo action script are also provided (see README.Debian).
You can write your own modules in order to add support for new file formats.
There are three methods to install pacpl 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 pacpl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pacpl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pacpl
Install pacpl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pacpl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pacpl
Install pacpl 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 pacpl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pacpl
How To Uninstall pacpl on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pacpl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pacpl
Uninstall pacpl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pacpl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pacpl
Remove pacpl Configurations and Data
To remove pacpl configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pacpl
Remove pacpl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pacpl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pacpl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pacpl package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
