How To Install swh-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install swh-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is swh-plugins
swh-plugins is:
Steve Harris has written a large number of plugins for LADSPA compatible hosts (e.g. GLAME, Sweep and ecasound). The plugins available are:
amp, fast overdrive, overdrive (with colourisation), comb filter, waveshaper, ringmod, divider, diode, decliper, pitch scaler, 16 band equaliser, sinus wavewrapper, hermes filter, chorus, flanger, decimater, oscillator, gverb, phasers, harmonic generators, surround encoders and more.
There are three methods to install swh-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install swh-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 swh-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install swh-plugins
Install swh-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install swh-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install swh-plugins
Install swh-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 swh-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install swh-plugins
How To Uninstall swh-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the swh-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove swh-plugins
Uninstall swh-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall swh-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove swh-plugins
Remove swh-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove swh-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge swh-plugins
Remove swh-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove swh-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swh-plugins
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install swh-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
