How To Install alac-decoder on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alac-decoder
on Ubuntu.
What is alac-decoder
alac-decoder is:
A simple decoder for the Apple Lossless audio codec.
There are three methods to install alac-decoder
on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install alac-decoder Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install alac-decoder
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alac-decoder
Install alac-decoder Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install alac-decoder
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alac-decoder
Install alac-decoder 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 alac-decoder
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alac-decoder
How To Uninstall alac-decoder on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the alac-decoder
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alac-decoder
Uninstall alac-decoder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall alac-decoder
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove alac-decoder
Remove alac-decoder Configurations and Data
To remove alac-decoder
configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alac-decoder
Remove alac-decoder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alac-decoder
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alac-decoder
Dependencies
alac-decoder have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alac-decoder
package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.