How To Install lsp-plugins-lv2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lsp-plugins-lv2 on Kali Linux. lsp-plugins-lv2 is LSP (Linux Studio Plugins) audio-plugins (LV2 plugins)

Introduction

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

What is lsp-plugins-lv2

lsp-plugins-lv2 is:

Linux Studio Plugins (LSP) provides a collection of audio effects, synthesizers, and a selection of audio tools for music and sound production. It provides standalone Jack clients and integrates into the LV2, LADSPA and VST plugin frameworks.

LSP provides the following plugins:

Audio effects: limiters, dynamic processors, expanders, gates, graphic equalisers, impulse responses, impulse reverbs, compressors, multiband compressors, parametric equalisers, phase detector, sidechain multiband compressors, sidechain limiters, sidechain dynamic processors, sidechain expanders, sidechain gates, sidechain compressors, slapback delays, delay compensators, triggers.

Synths: samplers, and multisamplers.

Tools: latency meters, oscillators, profiler, spectrum analyzers, and MIDI triggers

This package provides the LV2 plugins.

There are three methods to install lsp-plugins-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 lsp-plugins-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 lsp-plugins-lv2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lsp-plugins-lv2

Install lsp-plugins-lv2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lsp-plugins-lv2

Install lsp-plugins-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 lsp-plugins-lv2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lsp-plugins-lv2

How To Uninstall lsp-plugins-lv2 on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lsp-plugins-lv2

Uninstall lsp-plugins-lv2 And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lsp-plugins-lv2

Remove lsp-plugins-lv2 Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lsp-plugins-lv2

Remove lsp-plugins-lv2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lsp-plugins-lv2

Dependencies

lsp-plugins-lv2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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