How To Install libaudtag3 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudtag3 on Ubuntu 22.04. libaudtag3 is audacious media player (libaudtag shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudtag3 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libaudtag3

libaudtag3 is:

Audacious is a fork of beep-media-player which supports Winamp skins and many codecs.

In the default install, the following codecs are supported:

  • MP3
  • Ogg Vorbis / Theora
  • AAC and AAC+
  • FLAC
  • ALAC
  • Windows Media (WMA)
  • WAVE

Additionally, Audacious is extendable through plugins, and contains other useful features like LIRC support. Support for many more codecs can also be added through plugins.

This package provides the libaudtag shared library.

There are three methods to install libaudtag3 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 libaudtag3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libaudtag3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libaudtag3

Install libaudtag3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libaudtag3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libaudtag3

Install libaudtag3 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 libaudtag3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaudtag3

How To Uninstall libaudtag3 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libaudtag3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaudtag3

Uninstall libaudtag3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libaudtag3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaudtag3

Remove libaudtag3 Configurations and Data

To remove libaudtag3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libaudtag3

Remove libaudtag3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libaudtag3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaudtag3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudtag3 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.