How To Install ladspa-sdk on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ladspa-sdk on Debian 9. ladspa-sdk is sample tools for linux-audio-dev plugin architecture

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ladspa-sdk on Debian 9.

What is ladspa-sdk

ladspa-sdk is:

LADSPA is a free standard specification for audio effect plugins.

Contains sample plugins, and analyseplugin, listplugin, applyplugin programs, and the ladspa.h, the LADSPA specification.

Please build-depend on this package if you need ladspa.h

There are three methods to install ladspa-sdk on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ladspa-sdk Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ladspa-sdk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ladspa-sdk

Install ladspa-sdk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ladspa-sdk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ladspa-sdk

Install ladspa-sdk 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ladspa-sdk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ladspa-sdk

How To Uninstall ladspa-sdk on Debian 9

To uninstall only the ladspa-sdk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ladspa-sdk

Uninstall ladspa-sdk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ladspa-sdk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ladspa-sdk

Remove ladspa-sdk Configurations and Data

To remove ladspa-sdk configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ladspa-sdk

Remove ladspa-sdk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ladspa-sdk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ladspa-sdk

Dependencies

ladspa-sdk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ladspa-sdk package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.