Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreeaptx-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libfreeaptx-dev
libfreeaptx-dev is:
libfreeaptx is based on version 0.2.0 of libopenaptx with the intent of
continuing under a free license without the additional license restriction
added to libopenaptx 0.2.1.
This package contains development files for libfreeaptx.
There are three methods to install libfreeaptx-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfreeaptx-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfreeaptx-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfreeaptx-dev
Install libfreeaptx-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfreeaptx-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfreeaptx-dev
Install libfreeaptx-dev 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 libfreeaptx-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfreeaptx-dev
How To Uninstall libfreeaptx-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libfreeaptx-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfreeaptx-dev
Uninstall libfreeaptx-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfreeaptx-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreeaptx-dev
Remove libfreeaptx-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfreeaptx-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfreeaptx-dev
Remove libfreeaptx-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfreeaptx-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfreeaptx-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreeaptx-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
