How To Install libparlatype5 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 libparlatype5 on Ubuntu.

What is `libparlatype5`

libparlatype5 is:

Provides the GStreamer backend for Parlatype, a wave loader and a wave viewer widget. Mainly used by Parlatype but open for other programs as well.

This package contains runtime libraries needed by Parlatype.

There are three methods to install libparlatype5 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 libparlatype5 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libparlatype5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libparlatype5

Install libparlatype5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libparlatype5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libparlatype5

Install libparlatype5 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 libparlatype5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libparlatype5

How To Uninstall libparlatype5 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libparlatype5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libparlatype5

Uninstall libparlatype5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libparlatype5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libparlatype5

Remove libparlatype5 Configurations and Data

To remove libparlatype5 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libparlatype5

Remove libparlatype5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libparlatype5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libparlatype5

Dependencies

libparlatype5 have the following dependencies:

References

libparlatype5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libparlatype5 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.