How To Install libmikmod3 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 libmikmod3 on Ubuntu.
What is libmikmod3
libmikmod3 is:
This library is capable of playing samples as well as module files and was originally written by Jean-Paul Mikkers (MikMak) for DOS. It has subsequently been hacked by many hands and now runs on many Unix flavours.
It supports OSS, ALSA, SDL and PulseAudio outputs, and can also write to disk in raw, WAV and AIFF formats.
Supported file formats include mod, stm, s3m, mtm, xm, and it.
There are three methods to install libmikmod3 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 libmikmod3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmikmod3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmikmod3
Install libmikmod3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmikmod3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmikmod3
Install libmikmod3 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 libmikmod3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmikmod3
How To Uninstall libmikmod3 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libmikmod3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmikmod3
Uninstall libmikmod3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmikmod3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmikmod3
Remove libmikmod3 Configurations and Data
To remove libmikmod3 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmikmod3
Remove libmikmod3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmikmod3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmikmod3
Dependencies
libmikmod3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmikmod3 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.