How To Install liquidsoap 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 liquidsoap on Ubuntu.
What is liquidsoap
liquidsoap is:
Liquidsoap is a powerful tool for building complex audio streaming systems, typically targeting internet radios (e.g. icecast streams).
It consists of a simple script language, in which you can create, combine and transform audio sources. Its design makes liquidsoap flexible and easily extensible.
Some of the typical uses are:
- dynamically generating playlists depending on the time or other factors
- having smooth transitions between songs
- adding jingles periodically
- applying effects on the sound like volume normalization
- reencoding the stream at various qualities
- remotely controlling the stream
There are three methods to install liquidsoap 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 liquidsoap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liquidsoap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liquidsoap
Install liquidsoap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liquidsoap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liquidsoap
Install liquidsoap 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 liquidsoap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liquidsoap
How To Uninstall liquidsoap on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the liquidsoap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liquidsoap
Uninstall liquidsoap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liquidsoap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liquidsoap
Remove liquidsoap Configurations and Data
To remove liquidsoap configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liquidsoap
Remove liquidsoap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liquidsoap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liquidsoap
Dependencies
liquidsoap have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liquidsoap package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.