Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libambix0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libambix0
libambix0 is:
libambix is a library of C routines for reading and writing files following the
“ambix” (AMBIsonics eXchange) conventions.
Ambisonics is a periphonic (3D) surround sound technique, with a scalable
spatial resolution (put simply: “the more audio channels you use, the better”).
The ambix convention defines an extensible format for exchanging soundfiles
containing Higher Order Ambisonics data.
Task: ubuntustudio-audio
There are three methods to install libambix0 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libambix0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libambix0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libambix0
Install libambix0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libambix0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libambix0
Install libambix0 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 libambix0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libambix0
How To Uninstall libambix0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libambix0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libambix0
Uninstall libambix0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libambix0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libambix0
Remove libambix0 Configurations and Data
To remove libambix0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libambix0
Remove libambix0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libambix0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libambix0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libambix0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
