How To Install sndfile-programs 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 sndfile-programs on Ubuntu.

What is `sndfile-programs`

sndfile-programs is:

This package contains simple programs which use libsndfile for operating on sound files.

Programs include:

sndfile-cmp : compare the audio data of two files
sndfile-concat : concatenate two or more files
sndfile-convert : convert between sound file formats
sndfile-info : print information about files
sndfile-metadata-get/set : get and set file metadata
sndfile-play : play a sound file

There are three methods to install sndfile-programs 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 sndfile-programs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sndfile-programs

Install sndfile-programs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sndfile-programs

Install sndfile-programs 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 sndfile-programs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sndfile-programs

How To Uninstall sndfile-programs on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the sndfile-programs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sndfile-programs

Uninstall sndfile-programs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sndfile-programs

Remove sndfile-programs Configurations and Data

To remove sndfile-programs configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sndfile-programs

Remove sndfile-programs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sndfile-programs

Dependencies

sndfile-programs have the following dependencies:

References

sndfile-programs website

Summary

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