How To Install libaudcore5 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 libaudcore5 on Ubuntu.
What is libaudcore5
libaudcore5 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 contains a library which provides core functionality of Audacious.
There are three methods to install libaudcore5 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 libaudcore5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libaudcore5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libaudcore5
Install libaudcore5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libaudcore5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libaudcore5
Install libaudcore5 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 libaudcore5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libaudcore5
How To Uninstall libaudcore5 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libaudcore5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libaudcore5
Uninstall libaudcore5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libaudcore5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaudcore5
Remove libaudcore5 Configurations and Data
To remove libaudcore5 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libaudcore5
Remove libaudcore5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libaudcore5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaudcore5
Dependencies
libaudcore5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudcore5 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.