How to Install and Uninstall mpc123 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "mpc123" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mpc123 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mpc123
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mpc123" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall mpc123 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mpc123
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mpc123 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mpc123
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 51
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.2.4-4
Depends: libao4 (>= 1.1.0), libc6 (>= 2.4), libmpcdec6 (>= 1:0.1~r435)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mpc123/mpc123_0.2.4-4_amd64.deb
Size: 16164
MD5sum: 8a92826679d289e80f73bcc91877635a
SHA1: 2dd2f07c494f7d553b5c355f55a49158b14b2152
SHA256: 55a64c38b38908c9c5941b938cb09cd3a1cbcfb954df1a37d48d57015a7dffdf
Description-en: command-line Musepack audio player
mpc123 is a command-line player for the Musepack audio compression
format (MPC).
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MPC is a lossy compression format like MP3 or Ogg Vorbis. It is
based on the MPEG-1 Layer-2 / MP2 algorithms, but has been vastly
improved.
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Ability to play remote files is not implemented.
Description-md5: 79c847ca11a35297b312b77c0a8e1fe0
Homepage: http://mpc123.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu