How To Install rev-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install rev-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04. rev-plugins is reverb LADSPA plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rev-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is rev-plugins

rev-plugins is:

This plugin features two inputs for stereo operation, and some code to prevent floating point denormalisation. Plugin is based on gverb by Juhana Sadeharju, but the code is entirely original.

There are three methods to install rev-plugins 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 rev-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rev-plugins

Install rev-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rev-plugins

Install rev-plugins 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 rev-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rev-plugins

How To Uninstall rev-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove rev-plugins

Uninstall rev-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rev-plugins

Remove rev-plugins Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rev-plugins

Remove rev-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rev-plugins

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Summary

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