How To Install glasscoder on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glasscoder
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is glasscoder
glasscoder is:
GlassCoder is a minimalist audio encoder for IceCase and Soutcase streaming servers as well as HTTP Live Streaming (HLS). It supports the following audio sources:
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) File Streaming (FILE) JACK Audio Connection Kit (JACK)
The base GlassCoder streamer component utilizes no configuration files or GUI interface whatsoever; with the ‘user interface’ consisting entirely of the command-line invocation. As such, it is well suited for use cases where the encoder is completely driven by an external system or script.
The following audio codecs are supported:
MPEG-1/1.5 Layer 3 (‘MP3’) Ogg Opus Ogg Vorbis PCM16
Also included is GlassGui, a graphical point-and-click interface that can be used to drive GlassCoder or generate command-line invocations that can be copy/pasted to other systems
There are three methods to install glasscoder
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 glasscoder Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install glasscoder
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glasscoder
Install glasscoder Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glasscoder
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glasscoder
Install glasscoder 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 glasscoder
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glasscoder
How To Uninstall glasscoder on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the glasscoder
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glasscoder
Uninstall glasscoder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glasscoder
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glasscoder
Remove glasscoder Configurations and Data
To remove glasscoder
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glasscoder
Remove glasscoder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glasscoder
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glasscoder
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glasscoder
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.