How To Install libsuil-0-0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsuil-0-0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libsuil-0-0 is library for loading and wrapping LV2 plugin UIs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsuil-0-0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libsuil-0-0

libsuil-0-0 is:

Suil makes it possible to load a UI of any toolkit in a host using any other toolkit (assuming the toolkits are both supported by Suil). Hosts do not need to build against or link to foreign toolkit libraries to use UIs written with that toolkit (Suil performs its magic at runtime using dynamically loaded modules). The API is designed such that hosts do not need to explicitly support particular toolkits whatsoever - if Suil supports a particular toolkit, then all hosts that use Suil will support that toolkit “for free”. Suil currently supports GTK-2+ and QT5

This package provides the shared library.

There are three methods to install libsuil-0-0 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 libsuil-0-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsuil-0-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsuil-0-0

Install libsuil-0-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsuil-0-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsuil-0-0

Install libsuil-0-0 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 libsuil-0-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsuil-0-0

How To Uninstall libsuil-0-0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libsuil-0-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsuil-0-0

Uninstall libsuil-0-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsuil-0-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsuil-0-0

Remove libsuil-0-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libsuil-0-0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsuil-0-0

Remove libsuil-0-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsuil-0-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsuil-0-0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsuil-0-0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.