How To Install lsp-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lsp-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04. lsp-plugins is LSP (Linux Studio Plugins) audio-plugins (metapackage)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lsp-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is lsp-plugins

lsp-plugins is:

This package provide 91 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

Available as LV2, LADSPA and standalone Jack clients.

Documentation page : https://lsp-plug.in/?page=manuals Task: ubuntustudio-audio

There are three methods to install lsp-plugins 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 lsp-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lsp-plugins

Install lsp-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lsp-plugins

Install lsp-plugins 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 lsp-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lsp-plugins

How To Uninstall lsp-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the lsp-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lsp-plugins

Uninstall lsp-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lsp-plugins

Remove lsp-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove lsp-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lsp-plugins

Remove 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-plugins

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Summary

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