How To Install libsidutils0 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 libsidutils0 on Ubuntu.

What is libsidutils0

libsidutils0 is:

This library contains various things deemed useful to all SID players (Emulations of the C64’s SID chip (MOS 6581) and CPU (6510)), and currently every player seems to be re-inventing. It is used by several “player” applications, e.g. sidplay.

Support so far is:

• INI file reader.
• MD5 key creation.
• Song length database parser.
• Sid filter file parser.

Coming soon:

• Playlist parser (load and save).
• STIL parser.

There are three methods to install libsidutils0 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 libsidutils0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsidutils0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsidutils0

Install libsidutils0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsidutils0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsidutils0

Install libsidutils0 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 libsidutils0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsidutils0

How To Uninstall libsidutils0 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libsidutils0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsidutils0

Uninstall libsidutils0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsidutils0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsidutils0

Remove libsidutils0 Configurations and Data

To remove libsidutils0 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsidutils0

Remove libsidutils0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsidutils0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsidutils0

Dependencies

libsidutils0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libsidplay2
• libstdc++6

References

• libsidutils0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsidutils0 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.