Installation Step for installing Audio Recorder in Linux Ubuntu 18.04
This is an article about installing Audio Recorder tool in Linux Ubuntu 18.04. Audio Recorder tool is a tool which is very useful. According from its manual page, Audio Recorder tool is a tool available for recording audio in GNOME and Unity Desktops. The installation itself consists of several steps or to be exact, it consists of several parts. Those parts are in the following list :
1. Preparing for the installation of Audio Recorder in Linux Ubuntu 18.04
2. Executing the installation of Audio Recorder in Linux Ubuntu 18.04
Detail explanation or description in each part exist in the following section.
Preparing for the installation of Audio Recorder in Linux Ubuntu 18.04
In order to install Audio Recorder tool, there are steps for preparing the installation process. The following are those preparation steps :
1. Switch to root account. The execution for installing the Audio Recorder tool must be done using ‘root’ account. Another method for the installation without actually switching to root account is using sudo command. Execute the following command to switch to ‘root’ account :
sudo su -
The execution of the above command appears on the following output :
user@hostname:~$ sudo su - [sudo] password for user: root@hostname ~#
2. After that, execute the following command to add a new repository where the Audio Recorder tool available for further installation. The command pattern for adding a new repository exist as follows :
add-apt-repository repository
The execution of the above command pattern is in the following output for an example :
root@hostname ~# add-apt-repository ppa:audio-recorder/ppa This is a new package archive for Audio-recorder. It has packages for Ubuntu 15.x, 16.x, 17.x, 18.x, 19.x and Linux Mint 18.x and 19.x. This PPA belongs to the team. Installation: 0) Remove the OLD, PRIVATE PPA that belonged to the developer. Run: sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:osmoma/audio-recorder 1) Add new PPA. Then update your package list and Install the latest version of audio-recorder. Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:audio-recorder/ppa sudo apt-get -y update sudo apt-get install --reinstall audio-recorder ------- Older packages for Ubuntu 14.10, 14.04 and earlier, see https://launchpad.net/~osmoma/+archive/audio-recorder This includes audio-recorder for Linux-Mint 13, 17 and 17.x. Source code: https://launchpad.net/~audio-recorder Bem-vindo, You are welcome ! More info: https://launchpad.net/~audio-recorder/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.
The process for adding a new repository will stop at the last line with a message of ‘Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.’. Just press [ENTER] to continue the installation process. So, the installation will continue on as follows :
Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Hit:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88.7 kB] Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB] Hit:6 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/16.04/mssql-server-preview xenial InRelease Hit:7 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/16.04/prod xenial InRelease Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB] Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [22.7 kB] Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages [713 kB] Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [31.7 kB] Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [42.1 kB] Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe DEP-11 48x48 Icons [16.4 kB] Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [111 kB] Hit:16 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic InRelease Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B] Ign:18 http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/rocky InRelease Ign:19 http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/stein InRelease Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [285 kB] Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main DEP-11 48x48 Icons [70.9 kB] Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [140 kB] Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages [999 kB] Get:24 http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/rocky Release [7,879 B] Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [253 kB] Get:26 http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/stein Release [7,882 B] Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe DEP-11 48x48 Icons [203 kB] Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [457 kB] Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,468 B] Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [7,920 B] Get:31 http://ppa.launchpad.net/audio-recorder/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease [15.9 kB] Get:32 http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/rocky Release.gpg [543 B] Get:33 http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/stein Release.gpg [543 B] Hit:34 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:35 http://ppa.launchpad.net/obsproject/obs-studio/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:36 https://dbeaver.io/debs/dbeaver-ce InRelease Get:37 http://ppa.launchpad.net/audio-recorder/ppa/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages [492 B] Get:38 http://ppa.launchpad.net/audio-recorder/ppa/ubuntu bionic/main Translation-en [488 B] Fetched 3,643 kB in 8s (473 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done root@hostname ~#
Referring to the manual page of add-apt-repository, this tool or command will add a repository into the /etc/apt/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list.d or removes an existing one. So, the purpose for executing the above command is to add a new repository to the repository list file mentioned before.
3. Next step, continue on to execute the following command pattern :
apt-get -y update
According to the manual page, using apt-get package management tool with the update parameter has a specific function. It is used to resynchronize the package index files from their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the location(s) specified in /etc/apt/sources.list. It is important and it is very useful because of the previous process for adding a new repository. For example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and scans the Packages.gz files, so that information about new and updated packages is available. An update should always be performed before an upgrade or dist-upgrade. Please be aware that the overall progress meter will be incorrect as the size of the package files cannot beknown in advance. The execution of the above command pattern in a real situation exists as follows :
root@hostname ~# apt-get -y update Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Hit:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88.7 kB] Ign:5 http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/rocky InRelease Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease Ign:8 http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/stein InRelease Hit:9 http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/rocky Release Hit:10 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/16.04/mssql-server-preview xenial InRelease Hit:11 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/16.04/prod xenial InRelease Hit:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/audio-recorder/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:13 http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/stein Release Hit:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:16 http://ppa.launchpad.net/obsproject/obs-studio/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [22.7 kB] Hit:20 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic InRelease Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main DEP-11 48x48 Icons [10.4 kB] Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [31.7 kB] Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [42.1 kB] Get:24 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe DEP-11 48x48 Icons [16.4 kB] Get:25 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [111 kB] Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B] Hit:27 https://dbeaver.io/debs/dbeaver-ce InRelease Fetched 326 kB in 7s (45.5 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done root@hostname ~#
Executing the installation of Audio Recorder in Linux Ubuntu 18.04
root@hostname ~# apt-get -y install audio-recorder Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: audio-recorder 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 208 kB of archives. After this operation, 722 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/audio-recorder/ppa/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 audio-recorder amd64 2.1.3~bionic [208 kB] Fetched 208 kB in 6s (35.5 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package audio-recorder. (Reading database ... 384803 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../audio-recorder_2.1.3~bionic_amd64.deb ... Unpacking audio-recorder (2.1.3~bionic) ... Setting up audio-recorder (2.1.3~bionic) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.18.04.2) ... Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.4) ... Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+18.04.20180207.2-0ubuntu1) ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... root@hostname ~#
4. Continue on the installation step, execute the following command pattern :
root@hostname ~# snap install audio-recorder
error: snap "audio-recorder" is not available on stable but is available to install on the
following channels:
beta snap install --beta audio-recorder
edge snap install --edge audio-recorder
Please be mindful pre-release channels may include features not completely tested or
implemented. Get more information with 'snap info audio-recorder'.
root@hostname ~(keystone)#
The above command execution has an additional parameter for the installation to work normally. In this context, the execution continue with the additional parameter of ‘-beta’. The following is the execution for Audio Recorder tool instalation with -beta additinoal parameter :
root@hostname ~# snap install audio-recorder --beta audio-recorder (beta) 3.0.5+rev1432+pkg-7b07 from 林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin) (brlin) installed root@hostname ~#
Executing Audio Recorder in Linux Ubuntu 18.04
According to the above output command, the installation process of Audio Recorder tool is a success. So, in order to run the Audio Recorder tool, just type ‘audio-recorder’ in the terminal or even the search field command for running application.It appears as follows :
If the execution of the above command for executing or running Audio Recorder tool is a success, in the end it will appear as follows :
In the end, after the above output appears, it means the Audio Recorder tool is available in the operating system. In other words, the installation process of the Audio Recorder tool is a success.