How To Install lxmms2 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 lxmms2 on Ubuntu.
What is lxmms2
lxmms2 is:
lxmms2 is a tiny XMMS2 client to control XMMS2 with a LIRC compatible remote control. Following actions are supported:
- play (starts playback)
- pause (pauses playback)
- toggle_play_pause (toggles pause and starts playback if XMMS2 is not playing at all)
- toggle_pause (toggles pause)
- stop (stops playback)
- next (advances to the next track)
- prev (goes back to the previous track)
- volume_up (increases the volume)
- volume_down (decreases the volume)
There are three methods to install lxmms2 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 lxmms2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxmms2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxmms2
Install lxmms2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxmms2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxmms2
Install lxmms2 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 lxmms2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxmms2
How To Uninstall lxmms2 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the lxmms2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxmms2
Uninstall lxmms2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxmms2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxmms2
Remove lxmms2 Configurations and Data
To remove lxmms2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxmms2
Remove lxmms2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxmms2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxmms2
Dependencies
lxmms2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxmms2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.