How To Install roaraudio on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

2 minutes • 400 words

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install roaraudio on Ubuntu.

What is `roaraudio`

roaraudio is:

RoarAudio is a system for audio mixing. Its main purpose is to mix audio from different clients before sending it to its outputs (for example a soundcard). It is completely network transparent (UNIX sockets, TCP/IP, DECnet) and supports many common codecs like Ogg Vorbis, Speex or FLAC.

This package contains the RoarAudio sound server “roard” implementing the RoarAudio protocol.

There are three methods to install roaraudio 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 roaraudio Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install roaraudio using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install roaraudio

Install roaraudio Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install roaraudio using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install roaraudio

Install roaraudio 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 roaraudio using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install roaraudio

How To Uninstall roaraudio on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the roaraudio package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove roaraudio

Uninstall roaraudio And Its Dependencies

To uninstall roaraudio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove roaraudio

Remove roaraudio Configurations and Data

To remove roaraudio configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge roaraudio

Remove roaraudio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove roaraudio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge roaraudio

Dependencies

roaraudio have the following dependencies:

References

roaraudio website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install roaraudio package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.