In this tutorial you will learn how to update and install sox On Ubuntu 16.04 Lts? Learn how to uninstall and completely remove the package sox from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Operating System.
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Quick installation of sox:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: sox
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install sox
Package Details | |
Package: | sox |
Version: | 14.4.1-5 |
Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
Home page: | http://sox.sourceforge.net |
Description: | Swiss army knife of sound processing |
Distro: | Ubuntu 16.04 |
Release: | Xenial Xerus |
Repo/Section: | universe/sound |
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 16.04 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If sox is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L sox' will give followin error.
deepak@deepakub16:~$ dpkg -L sox dpkg-query: package 'sox' is not installed Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepakub16:~$
Installing sox:
After system update use the following command to install sox:
sudo apt-get install sox
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 16.04 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the sox from Ubuntu 16.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the sox following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove sox
Following command is used to remove the sox package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove sox
This will remove sox and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing sox with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge sox
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove sox
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with sox package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.