How To Install lilv-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lilv-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lilv-utils
lilv-utils is:
Lilv (formerly SLV2) is a library for LV2 hosts intended to make using LV2 Plugins as simple as possible (without sacrificing capabilities).
Lilv is the successor to SLV2, rewritten to be significantly faster and have minimal dependencies.
This package provides the following utilities:
- lv2info - Extract information about an LV2 plugin.
- lv2ls - List all installed LV2 plugins.
There are three methods to install lilv-utils 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 lilv-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lilv-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lilv-utils
Install lilv-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lilv-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lilv-utils
Install lilv-utils 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 lilv-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lilv-utils
How To Uninstall lilv-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lilv-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lilv-utils
Uninstall lilv-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lilv-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lilv-utils
Remove lilv-utils Configurations and Data
To remove lilv-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lilv-utils
Remove lilv-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lilv-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lilv-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lilv-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
