How to Install and Uninstall codec2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "codec2" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install codec2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                codec2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "codec2" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall codec2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                codec2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the codec2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: codec2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 128
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: A. Maitland Bottoms
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libcodec2-0.4
Filename: pool/universe/c/codec2/codec2_0.5-3_amd64.deb
Size: 36910
MD5sum: 0cdbd9f73eb47c7440f2a1c5c91e97a0
SHA1: 0f2b386cfd6c16d69082f33f89dac0fa8f5e0087
SHA256: 1f31d27fb2b2aa962ded03c9b36872041fa2cdec6644ae153b36aac3abd1c605
Description-en: command line tools for handling Codec2 data
Codec2 is an audio codec especially designed for compressing voice at
very low bit-rates for applications such as digital voice radio.
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This package contains the encoder and decoder command-line applications.
Description-md5: 6828e17e97c3e2afb27bd64c3e1ef09f
Homepage: http://www.rowetel.com/blog/?page_id=452
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu