How To Install fomp on Debian 10

Learn how to install fomp on Debian 10 with this tutorial. fomp is collection of LV2 audio plugins

Introduction

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

What is fomp

fomp is:

Fomp is an LV2 port of the MCP, VCO, FIL, and WAH plugins originally written by Fons Adriaensen.

There are 13 plugins in total: 1 auto-wah, 1 EQ, 3 chorus, 5 filters, and 3 oscillators.

The plugin implementations are identical to their LADSPA forebears, except the primary frequency port of oscillators and filters has been converted to Hz to facilitate use in any host without assuming the hidden tuning frequency of AlsaModularSynth. All other frequency ports remain as they were, using octaves for faithful Moog-like modulation.

There are three methods to install fomp 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 fomp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fomp

Install fomp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fomp

Install fomp 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 fomp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fomp

How To Uninstall fomp on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove fomp

Uninstall fomp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fomp

Remove fomp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fomp

Remove fomp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fomp

Dependencies

fomp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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