How to Install and Uninstall libshairport2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "libshairport2" package

This is a short guide on how to install libshairport2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libshairport2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libshairport2" package

Learn how to uninstall libshairport2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libshairport2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libshairport2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libshairport2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 88
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: libshairport
Version: 1.2.1~git20120510.cbed0c1-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0)
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
Filename: pool/universe/libs/libshairport/libshairport2_1.2.1~git20120510.cbed0c1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 23676
MD5sum: c84a49668b518c83478e2b06dc9b1c3d
SHA1: c1e1ea372120d40795ae8863554abb1a29026305
SHA256: b453ad516226a783a3daec38f9458a3d04894c0d589ab4b62934645ec786cc56
Description-en: emulates an AirPort Express (shared library)
This program emulates an AirPort Express for the purpose of
streaming music from iTunes and compatible iPods. It implements
a server for the Apple RAOP protocol. ShairPort does not support
AirPlay v2 (video and photo streaming). It supports multiple
simultaneous streams, if your audio output chain
(as detected by libao) does so.
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This package installs the shared library.
Description-md5: 6ccd856e3c20d7dc53eb1633cb1397c4
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://mirrors.xbmc.org/build-deps/darwin-libs/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu