Convert APE to FLAC in Ubuntu 13.04 using Libav

If you have a file in the lossless APE format and want to convert it without installing the MAC codec, you can easily do this in Ubuntu using Libav.

Just install av tools:

sudo apt-get install libav-tools

and convert the your file/s:

avcon -i inputApeFile.ape outputFlacFile.flac

That's one easy of many ways to convert APE files in Ubuntu.