How To Install ecatools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecatools
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ecatools
ecatools 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 following tools:
- ecaconvert: tool for converting a set of files to a common target format
- ecafixdc: command-line tool for fixing DC-offset
- ecalength: tool for printing audio file length and other information
- ecamonitor: tool for monitoring an active ecasound session
- ecanormalize: command-line tool for normalizing audio files
- ecaplay: command-line tool for playing audio files
There are three methods to install ecatools
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 ecatools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ecatools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ecatools
Install ecatools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ecatools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ecatools
Install ecatools 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 ecatools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ecatools
How To Uninstall ecatools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ecatools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ecatools
Uninstall ecatools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ecatools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ecatools
Remove ecatools Configurations and Data
To remove ecatools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ecatools
Remove ecatools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ecatools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ecatools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecatools
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.