How To Install libspa-0.2-jack 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 libspa-0.2-jack on Ubuntu.
What is libspa-0.2-jack
libspa-0.2-jack is:
PipeWire is a server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines. This includes:
- Making available sources of video (such as from a capture devices or application provided streams) and multiplexing this with clients.
- Accessing sources of video for consumption.
- Generating graphs for audio and video processing.
This package contains a plugin to make PipeWire able to connect to a JACK server, which will be used for audio playback and recording. Using PipeWire for audio is considered to be experimental.
There are three methods to install libspa-0.2-jack 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 libspa-0.2-jack Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libspa-0.2-jack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libspa-0.2-jack
Install libspa-0.2-jack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libspa-0.2-jack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libspa-0.2-jack
Install libspa-0.2-jack 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 libspa-0.2-jack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libspa-0.2-jack
How To Uninstall libspa-0.2-jack on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libspa-0.2-jack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libspa-0.2-jack
Uninstall libspa-0.2-jack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libspa-0.2-jack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspa-0.2-jack
Remove libspa-0.2-jack Configurations and Data
To remove libspa-0.2-jack configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libspa-0.2-jack
Remove libspa-0.2-jack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libspa-0.2-jack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspa-0.2-jack
Dependencies
libspa-0.2-jack have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspa-0.2-jack package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.