How To Install lvtk-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvtk-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. lvtk-doc is LV2 Toolkit documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvtk-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is lvtk-doc

lvtk-doc is:

LV2 Toolkit is a set of C++ wrappers around the LV2 C API. The included libraries ease writing LV2 plugins and UIs in C++ by inheriting from easy to use template classes.

LV2 is a portable plugin standard for audio systems, similar in scope to LADSPA, VST, AU, and others.

This package provides the developer reference.

There are three methods to install lvtk-doc 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 lvtk-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lvtk-doc

Install lvtk-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lvtk-doc

Install lvtk-doc 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 lvtk-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lvtk-doc

How To Uninstall lvtk-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the lvtk-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lvtk-doc

Uninstall lvtk-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lvtk-doc

Remove lvtk-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lvtk-doc

Remove lvtk-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lvtk-doc

References

Summary

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