How To Install libcsnd-dev 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 libcsnd-dev on Ubuntu.
What is libcsnd-dev
libcsnd-dev is:
This package contains the development files needed to build programs using the C++ bindings to the Csound library. It also includes the development symlink for the Lua module, but you have to manually install liblua5.1-luacsnd for that to work.
For more information on Csound, see the csound package.
There are three methods to install libcsnd-dev 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 libcsnd-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcsnd-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcsnd-dev
Install libcsnd-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcsnd-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcsnd-dev
Install libcsnd-dev 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 libcsnd-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcsnd-dev
How To Uninstall libcsnd-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libcsnd-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcsnd-dev
Uninstall libcsnd-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcsnd-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcsnd-dev
Remove libcsnd-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcsnd-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcsnd-dev
Remove libcsnd-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcsnd-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcsnd-dev
Dependencies
libcsnd-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcsnd-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.