Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ardour on Kali Linux.
What is ardour
ardour is:
Ardour is a multichannel hard disk recorder (HDR) and digital audio
workstation (DAW). It can be used to control, record, edit and run
complex audio setups.
Ardour supports pro-audio interfaces
through the ALSA project, which provides high quality, well designed
device drivers and API’s for audio I/O under Linux. Any interface
supported by ALSA can be used with Ardour. This includes the
all-digital 26 channel RME Hammerfall, the Midiman Delta 1010 and many
others.
Ardour has support for 24 bit samples
using floating point internally, non-linear editing with unlimited undo,
a user-configurable mixer, MTC master/slave capabilities, MIDI hardware
control surface compatibility.
It supports MIDI
Machine Control, and so can be controlled from any MMC controller and
many modern digital mixers.
Ardour contains a
powerful multitrack audio editor/arranger that is completely
non-destructive and capable of all standard non-linear editing
operations (insert, replace, delete, move, trim, select,
cut/copy/paste). The editor has unlimited undo/redo capabilities and can
save independent “versions” of a track or an entire piece
Ardour’s editor supports the community-developed LADSPA
plugin standard. Arbitrary chains of plugins can be attached to any
portion of a track. Every mixer strip can have any number of inputs
and outputs, not just mono, stereo or 5.1. An N-way panner is
included, with support for various panning models. Pre- and post-fader
sends exist, each with their own gain and pan controls. Every mixer
strip acts as its own bus, and thus the bus count in Ardour is
unlimited. You can submix any number of strips into another
strip.
Ardour’s channel capacity is limited only
by the number on your audio interface and the ability of your disk
subsystem to stream the data back and forth.
JACK
(the JACK Audio Connection Kit) is used for all audio I/O, permitting
data to be exchanged in perfect samplesync with other applications
and/or hardware audio interfaces.
Ardour is
sample rate and size neutral – any hardware formats from 8 to 32 bits,
and rates from 8kHz to 192kHz. Internal processing in 32/64 bit IEEE
floating point format.
Further information can be
found at https://ardour.org/.
There are three methods to install ardour on Kali Linux. 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 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ardour using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ardourInstall ardour Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ardour using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ardourInstall ardour Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ardour using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ardour
How To Uninstall ardour on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ardour package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ardour
Uninstall ardour And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ardour and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ardour
Remove ardour Configurations and Data
To remove ardour configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ardour
Remove ardour configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ardour configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ardour
Dependencies
ardour have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ardour package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
