How To Install gtkpod 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 gtkpod on Ubuntu.
What is gtkpod
gtkpod is:
gtkpod is a platform independent GUI for Apple’s iPod using GTK3. It allows you to upload songs and playlists to your iPod. It supports ID3 tag editing, multiple charsets for ID3 tags, detects duplicate songs, allows offline modification of the database with later synchronisation, and more.
There are three methods to install gtkpod 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 gtkpod Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gtkpod using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gtkpod
Install gtkpod Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gtkpod using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gtkpod
Install gtkpod 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 gtkpod using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gtkpod
How To Uninstall gtkpod on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gtkpod package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gtkpod
Uninstall gtkpod And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gtkpod and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtkpod
Remove gtkpod Configurations and Data
To remove gtkpod configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gtkpod
Remove gtkpod configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gtkpod configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtkpod
Dependencies
gtkpod have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkpod package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.