How To Install glassgui on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glassgui on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is glassgui
glassgui 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
This package contains 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 glassgui 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 glassgui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install glassgui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glassgui
Install glassgui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glassgui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glassgui
Install glassgui 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 glassgui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glassgui
How To Uninstall glassgui on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the glassgui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glassgui
Uninstall glassgui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glassgui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glassgui
Remove glassgui Configurations and Data
To remove glassgui configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glassgui
Remove glassgui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glassgui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glassgui
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glassgui package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
