How To Install replaygain 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 replaygain on Ubuntu.
What is replaygain
replaygain is:
This package contains the replaygain and collectiongain tools, which use the rgain3 Python package to apply volume normalization metadata to individual tracks, albums, or an entire collection of music. Media players that support Replay Gain will use this information to adjust the volume during playback, so that all tracks sound equally loud.
Replay Gain is a proposed standard designed to solve the problem of varying volumes across audio files. For more information see https://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=ReplayGain.
There are three methods to install replaygain 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 replaygain Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install replaygain using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install replaygain
Install replaygain Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install replaygain using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install replaygain
Install replaygain 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 replaygain using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install replaygain
How To Uninstall replaygain on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the replaygain package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove replaygain
Uninstall replaygain And Its Dependencies
To uninstall replaygain and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove replaygain
Remove replaygain Configurations and Data
To remove replaygain configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge replaygain
Remove replaygain configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove replaygain configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge replaygain
Dependencies
replaygain have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install replaygain package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.