How To Install guitarix-lv2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install guitarix-lv2 on Kali Linux. guitarix-lv2 is Guitarix - LV2 plugins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install guitarix-lv2 on Kali Linux.

What is guitarix-lv2

guitarix-lv2 is:

Guitarix is a rock guitar amplifier for the JACK Audio Connection Kit with one input and two outputs. It is designed to produce nice trash/metal/rock/blues guitar sounds.

Guitarix is available as a GTK+ interface and the project provides LV2 and LADSPA plugins (see the guitarix-lv2 and guitarix-ladspa packages).

This package contains the LV2 audio plugins that come together with guitarix, but can also be used by any other LV2 host.

There are three methods to install guitarix-lv2 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install guitarix-lv2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install guitarix-lv2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install guitarix-lv2

Install guitarix-lv2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install guitarix-lv2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install guitarix-lv2

Install guitarix-lv2 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install guitarix-lv2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install guitarix-lv2

How To Uninstall guitarix-lv2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the guitarix-lv2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove guitarix-lv2

Uninstall guitarix-lv2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall guitarix-lv2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove guitarix-lv2

Remove guitarix-lv2 Configurations and Data

To remove guitarix-lv2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge guitarix-lv2

Remove guitarix-lv2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove guitarix-lv2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guitarix-lv2

Dependencies

guitarix-lv2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install guitarix-lv2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.