How To Install libmpcdec6 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 libmpcdec6 on Ubuntu.
What is libmpcdec6
libmpcdec6 is:
Musepack is an audio compression format with a strong emphasis on high quality. It’s not lossless, but it is designed for transparency, so that you won’t be able to hear differences between the original wave file and the much smaller MPC file.
It is based on the MPEG-1 Layer-2 / MP2 algorithms, but since 1997 it has rapidly developed and vastly improved and is now at an advanced stage in which it contains heavily optimized and patentless code.
There are three methods to install libmpcdec6 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 libmpcdec6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpcdec6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmpcdec6
Install libmpcdec6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpcdec6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmpcdec6
Install libmpcdec6 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 libmpcdec6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmpcdec6
How To Uninstall libmpcdec6 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libmpcdec6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmpcdec6
Uninstall libmpcdec6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmpcdec6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpcdec6
Remove libmpcdec6 Configurations and Data
To remove libmpcdec6 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmpcdec6
Remove libmpcdec6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmpcdec6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpcdec6
Dependencies
libmpcdec6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpcdec6 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.