How To Install dssi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dssi-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dssi-dev
dssi-dev is:
DSSI is an API for audio plugins, with particular application for software synthesis plugins with native user interfaces.
DSSI is an open specification developed for use in Linux audio applications, although it is portable to other platforms. It may be thought of as LADSPA-for-instruments, or something comparable to VSTi.
This package contains the header file required for compiling hosts and plugins.
There are three methods to install dssi-dev
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 dssi-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dssi-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dssi-dev
Install dssi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dssi-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dssi-dev
Install dssi-dev 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 dssi-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dssi-dev
How To Uninstall dssi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dssi-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dssi-dev
Uninstall dssi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dssi-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dssi-dev
Remove dssi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove dssi-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dssi-dev
Remove dssi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dssi-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dssi-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dssi-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.