How To Install stretchplayer 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 stretchplayer on Ubuntu.

What is `stretchplayer`

stretchplayer is:

StretchPlayer will play back an audio file and allow you to time stretch (without affecting pitch) and/or pitch shift (without affecting the time) the audio, even while you are listening to it.

Warning: this package contains the development version (potentially unstable) released for testing purpose only.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install stretchplayer

Install stretchplayer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install stretchplayer

Install stretchplayer 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 stretchplayer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install stretchplayer

How To Uninstall stretchplayer on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove stretchplayer

Uninstall stretchplayer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove stretchplayer

Remove stretchplayer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge stretchplayer

Remove stretchplayer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stretchplayer

Dependencies

stretchplayer have the following dependencies:

References

stretchplayer website

Summary

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