How To Install libaec-tools 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 libaec-tools on Ubuntu.
What is libaec-tools
libaec-tools is:
Libaec provides fast lossless compression of 1 up to 32 bit wide signed or unsigned integers (samples).
This package provides the aec compression utility.
There are three methods to install libaec-tools 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 libaec-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libaec-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libaec-tools
Install libaec-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libaec-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libaec-tools
Install libaec-tools 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 libaec-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libaec-tools
How To Uninstall libaec-tools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libaec-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libaec-tools
Uninstall libaec-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libaec-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaec-tools
Remove libaec-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libaec-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libaec-tools
Remove libaec-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libaec-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaec-tools
Dependencies
libaec-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaec-tools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.