How To Install lsp-plugins on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsp-plugins on Kali Linux.
What is lsp-plugins
lsp-plugins is:
Linux Studio Plugins (LSP) provides a collection of audio effects, synthesizers, and a selection of audio tools for music and sound production. It provides standalone Jack clients and integrates into the LV2, LADSPA and VST plugin frameworks.
LSP provides the following plugins:
Audio effects: limiters, dynamic processors, expanders, gates, graphic equalisers, impulse responses, impulse reverbs, compressors, multiband compressors, parametric equalisers, phase detector, sidechain multiband compressors, sidechain limiters, sidechain dynamic processors, sidechain expanders, sidechain gates, sidechain compressors, slapback delays, delay compensators, triggers.
Synths: samplers, and multisamplers.
Tools: latency meters, oscillators, profiler, spectrum analyzers, and MIDI triggers
This metapackage installs plugins for all supported frameworks and the Jack standalone clients.
There are three methods to install lsp-plugins 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 lsp-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lsp-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lsp-pluginsInstall lsp-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lsp-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lsp-pluginsInstall lsp-plugins 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lsp-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lsp-pluginsHow To Uninstall lsp-plugins on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the lsp-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lsp-pluginsUninstall lsp-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lsp-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lsp-pluginsRemove lsp-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove lsp-plugins configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lsp-pluginsRemove lsp-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lsp-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lsp-pluginsDependencies
lsp-plugins have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsp-plugins package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
