How To Install mpgtx 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 mpgtx on Ubuntu.
What is mpgtx
mpgtx is:
mpgtx is a tool to manipulate MPEG files. Its features include the following:
- mpgtx can currently split and join MPEG 1 video files and most MPEG audio files.
- mpgtx can fetch detailed information from MPEG 1 and MPEG 2.
- mpgtx can demultiplex MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 files (System layer, Program layer and Transport Layer).
- mpgtx can add, remove and edit ID3 tags from mp3 files and rename mp3 files according to their ID3 tags. It reads and writes ID3v1, but only reads ID3v2.
There are three methods to install mpgtx 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 mpgtx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mpgtx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mpgtx
Install mpgtx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mpgtx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mpgtx
Install mpgtx 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 mpgtx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mpgtx
How To Uninstall mpgtx on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the mpgtx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mpgtx
Uninstall mpgtx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mpgtx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpgtx
Remove mpgtx Configurations and Data
To remove mpgtx configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mpgtx
Remove mpgtx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mpgtx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpgtx
Dependencies
mpgtx have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpgtx package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.