Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ardour-lv2-plugins on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ardour-lv2-plugins
ardour-lv2-plugins is:
Ardour is providing a set of LV2 plugins:
- a-comp.lv2
- a compressor (mono & stereo versions)
- a-exp.lv2
- an expander (mono & stereo versions)
- a-delay.lv2
- a delay (mono version)
- a-eq.lv2
- an equaliser (mono version)
- a-reverb.lv2
- a reverberation (stereo version)
- a-fluidsynth.lv2
- a SF2 player (stereo version)
- reasonablesynth.lv2
- a reasonably good piano synth (stereo version)
This package allows these to be used by other hosts as well.
There are three methods to install ardour-lv2-plugins on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ardour-lv2-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ardour-lv2-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ardour-lv2-plugins
Install ardour-lv2-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ardour-lv2-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ardour-lv2-plugins
Install ardour-lv2-plugins Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ardour-lv2-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ardour-lv2-plugins
How To Uninstall ardour-lv2-plugins on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ardour-lv2-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ardour-lv2-plugins
Uninstall ardour-lv2-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ardour-lv2-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ardour-lv2-plugins
Remove ardour-lv2-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove ardour-lv2-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ardour-lv2-plugins
Remove ardour-lv2-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ardour-lv2-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ardour-lv2-plugins
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ardour-lv2-plugins package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
