How To Install qspeakers on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install qspeakers on Ubuntu 22.04. qspeakers is loudspeaker design software

Introduction

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

What is qspeakers

qspeakers is:

QSpeakers is a simple graphical program that simulates common acoustical enclosures behaviour to help designing loudspeaker systems, based on the loudspeaker driver’s Thiele / Small parameters and the chosen enclosure type.

This software is mostly useful for do-it-yourself loudspeaker enthusiasts, acoustics teaching, and to a lesser extent, for loudspeaker engineering.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qspeakers

Install qspeakers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qspeakers

Install qspeakers 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 qspeakers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qspeakers

How To Uninstall qspeakers on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove qspeakers

Uninstall qspeakers And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qspeakers

Remove qspeakers Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge qspeakers

Remove qspeakers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qspeakers

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Summary

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