How To Install ecasound on Debian 10

Learn how to install ecasound on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ecasound is multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ecasound on Debian 10.

What is ecasound

ecasound is:

Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio processing. It can be used for simple tasks like audio playback, recording and format conversions, as well as for multitrack effect processing, mixing, recording and signal recycling.

Ecasound supports a wide range of audio inputs, outputs and effect algorithms. Effects and audio objects can be combined in various ways, and their parameters can be controlled by operator objects like oscillators and MIDI-CCs.

This package provides the ecasound executable.

There are three methods to install ecasound on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ecasound Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ecasound

Install ecasound Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ecasound using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ecasound

Install ecasound 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ecasound using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ecasound

How To Uninstall ecasound on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ecasound

Uninstall ecasound And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ecasound and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ecasound

Remove ecasound Configurations and Data

To remove ecasound configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ecasound

Remove ecasound configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ecasound

Dependencies

ecasound have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ecasound package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.