Install sox on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install sox
Learn how to install sox with the command sudo apt-get install sox on Ubuntus.
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: | 14.3.2-3 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://sox.sourceforge.net |
| Description: | Swiss army knife of sound processing SoX is a command line utility that can convert various formats of computer audio files in to other formats. It can also apply various effects to these sound files during the conversion. As an added bonus, SoX can play and record audio files on several unix-style platforms. . SoX is able to handle formats like Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV, AIFF, VOC, SND, AU, GSM and several more. Any format support requires at least libsox-fmt-base. Some formats have their own package e.g. mp3 read and write support is provided by libsox-fmt-mp3. . SoX supports most common sound architectures i.e. Alsa, Libao, OSS and Pulse (respectively provided by libsox-fmt-alsa, libsox-fmt-ao, libsox-fmt-oss and libsox-fmt-pulse). It also supports LADSPA plugins. Homepage: http://sox.sourceforge.net |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/sound |
How to install sox on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 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@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L sox 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@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
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 12.04 LTS 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.
How to uninstall/remove sox from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the sox from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. 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.