How To Install lv2 on CentOS 8

lv2 is Audio Plugin Standard

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lv2 on CentOS 8.

What is lv2

LV2 is a standard for plugins and matching host applications, mainly targeted at audio processing and generation. There are a large number of open source and free software synthesis packages in use or development at this time. This API (‘LV2’) attempts to give programmers the ability to write simple ‘plugin’ audio processors in C/C++ and link them dynamically (‘plug’) into a range of these packages (‘hosts’). It should be possible for any host and any plugin to communicate completely through this interface. LV2 is a successor to LADSPA, created to address the limitations of LADSPA which many hosts have outgrown.

We can use yum or dnf to install lv2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lv2.

Install lv2 on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install lv2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lv2

Install lv2 on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install lv2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lv2

How To Uninstall lv2 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the lv2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lv2

lv2 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/78a0793aaf76d2348dddab831fb1ccc0244a1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/3c79574110137d39b1900e5896cfc7aa5279c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/d60c409df8413df9cb535501f93dd506ddc7e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/bf163a6fa4219bb10b6bf5f120d7c8d877afac
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/f026cb4b31314dd99abaf8825a38845e2952b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/a344b59170e9f21e0dd795c32d95c7a52f8017
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/b5e604eecf9bea740c65ee3034acf4b2f7c2cd
/usr/lib64/lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/atom.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/atom.lv2/atom.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/atom.lv2/atom.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/atom.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/buf-size.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/buf-size.lv2/buf-size.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/buf-size.lv2/buf-size.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/buf-size.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/core.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/core.lv2/lv2core.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/core.lv2/lv2core.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/core.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/core.lv2/meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/core.lv2/people.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/data-access.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/data-access.lv2/data-access.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/data-access.lv2/data-access.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/data-access.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/dynmanifest.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/dynmanifest.lv2/dynmanifest.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/dynmanifest.lv2/dynmanifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/dynmanifest.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/event.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/event.lv2/event.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/event.lv2/event.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/event.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/instance-access.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/instance-access.lv2/instance-access.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/instance-access.lv2/instance-access.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/instance-access.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/log.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/log.lv2/log.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/log.lv2/log.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/log.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/midi.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/midi.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/midi.lv2/midi.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/midi.lv2/midi.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/morph.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/morph.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/morph.lv2/morph.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/morph.lv2/morph.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/options.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/options.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/options.lv2/options.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/options.lv2/options.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/parameters.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/parameters.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/parameters.lv2/parameters.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/parameters.lv2/parameters.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/patch.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/patch.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/patch.lv2/patch.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/patch.lv2/patch.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/port-groups.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/port-groups.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/port-groups.lv2/port-groups.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/port-groups.lv2/port-groups.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/port-props.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/port-props.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/port-props.lv2/port-props.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/port-props.lv2/port-props.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/presets.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/presets.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/presets.lv2/presets.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/presets.lv2/presets.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/resize-port.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/resize-port.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/resize-port.lv2/resize-port.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/resize-port.lv2/resize-port.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/schemas.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/schemas.lv2/dcs.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/schemas.lv2/dct.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/schemas.lv2/doap.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/schemas.lv2/foaf.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/schemas.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/schemas.lv2/owl.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/schemas.lv2/rdf.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/schemas.lv2/rdfs.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/schemas.lv2/xsd.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/state.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/state.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/state.lv2/state.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/state.lv2/state.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/time.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/time.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/time.lv2/time.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/time.lv2/time.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/ui.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/ui.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/ui.lv2/ui.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/ui.lv2/ui.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/units.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/units.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/units.lv2/units.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/units.lv2/units.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/uri-map.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/uri-map.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/uri-map.lv2/uri-map.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/uri-map.lv2/uri-map.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/urid.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/urid.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/urid.lv2/urid.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/urid.lv2/urid.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/worker.lv2
/usr/lib64/lv2/worker.lv2/manifest.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/worker.lv2/worker.meta.ttl
/usr/lib64/lv2/worker.lv2/worker.ttl
/usr/share/doc/lv2
/usr/share/doc/lv2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/lv2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/lv2/README.md

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lv2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.