How To Install bs2b-ladspa on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bs2b-ladspa on Ubuntu 20.04. bs2b-ladspa is Bauer stereophonic-to-binaural DSP LADSPA plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bs2b-ladspa on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is bs2b-ladspa

bs2b-ladspa is:

The Bauer stereophonic-to-binaural DSP (bs2b) is designed to improve headphone listening of stereo audio records.

Typical stereo recordings are made for listening with speakers. What’s missing in headphones is the sound going from each channel to the opposite ear, arriving a short time later for the extra distance traveled, and with a bit of high frequency roll-off for the shadowing effect of the head. The time delay to the far ear should also be somewhat longer at low frequencies than at high frequencies. bs2b implements both of these ideas to transform stereophonic recordings for headphone listening.

This plugin allows the bs2b library to be used with the LADSPA plug-in architecture.

There are three methods to install bs2b-ladspa 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 bs2b-ladspa Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bs2b-ladspa using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bs2b-ladspa

Install bs2b-ladspa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bs2b-ladspa using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bs2b-ladspa

Install bs2b-ladspa 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 bs2b-ladspa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bs2b-ladspa

How To Uninstall bs2b-ladspa on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the bs2b-ladspa package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bs2b-ladspa

Uninstall bs2b-ladspa And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bs2b-ladspa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bs2b-ladspa

Remove bs2b-ladspa Configurations and Data

To remove bs2b-ladspa configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bs2b-ladspa

Remove bs2b-ladspa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bs2b-ladspa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bs2b-ladspa

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bs2b-ladspa package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.