How To Install libstk-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstk-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. libstk-dev is Sound Synthesis Toolkit (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstk-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libstk-dev

libstk-dev is:

The Sound Synthesis Toolkit is a C++ library with implementations of several sound synthesis algorithms, starting from Frequency Modulation, over Physical Modelling and others. It can be used as a library, but it also provides some nice software synthesizers.

This package provides the development files for the sound synthesis toolkit.

There are three methods to install libstk-dev 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 libstk-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libstk-dev

Install libstk-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libstk-dev

Install libstk-dev 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 libstk-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libstk-dev

How To Uninstall libstk-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libstk-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libstk-dev

Uninstall libstk-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libstk-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstk-dev

Remove libstk-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libstk-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libstk-dev

Remove libstk-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libstk-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstk-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.