How To Install lvtk-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lvtk-examples on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lvtk-examples
lvtk-examples 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 contains some example plugins.
There are three methods to install lvtk-examples 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-examples 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-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lvtk-examples
Install lvtk-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lvtk-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lvtk-examples
Install lvtk-examples 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-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lvtk-examples
How To Uninstall lvtk-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lvtk-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lvtk-examples
Uninstall lvtk-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lvtk-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lvtk-examples
Remove lvtk-examples Configurations and Data
To remove lvtk-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lvtk-examples
Remove lvtk-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lvtk-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lvtk-examples
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lvtk-examples package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
