How To Install librtfilter1 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install librtfilter1 on Ubuntu 20.04. librtfilter1 is realtime digital filtering library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librtfilter1 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is librtfilter1

librtfilter1 is:

rtfilter is a library that provides a set of routines implementing realtime digital filter for multichannel signals (i.e. filtering multiple signals with the same filter parameters). It implements FIR, IIR filters and downsampler for float and double data type (both for real and complex valued signal). Additional functions are also provided to design few usual filters: Butterworth, Chebyshev, windowed sinc, analytical filter…

One of the main differences from other libraries providing digital signal processing is that the filter functions have been specifically designed and optimized for multichannel signals (from few channels to several hundred).

There are three methods to install librtfilter1 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install librtfilter1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librtfilter1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librtfilter1

Install librtfilter1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librtfilter1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librtfilter1

Install librtfilter1 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 librtfilter1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librtfilter1

How To Uninstall librtfilter1 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the librtfilter1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librtfilter1

Uninstall librtfilter1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librtfilter1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librtfilter1

Remove librtfilter1 Configurations and Data

To remove librtfilter1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librtfilter1

Remove librtfilter1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librtfilter1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librtfilter1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librtfilter1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.