How To Install soundscaperenderer-nox on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install soundscaperenderer-nox on Ubuntu 18.04. soundscaperenderer-nox is tool for real-time spatial audio reproduction (without X support)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install soundscaperenderer-nox on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is soundscaperenderer-nox

soundscaperenderer-nox is:

The SoundScape Renderer (SSR) is a tool for real-time spatial audio reproduction providing a variety of rendering algorithms, e.g. Wave Field Synthesis, Higher-Order Ambisonics and binaural techniques.

This package contains a version of SSR compiled without X support.

There are three methods to install soundscaperenderer-nox 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 soundscaperenderer-nox Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install soundscaperenderer-nox

Install soundscaperenderer-nox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install soundscaperenderer-nox

Install soundscaperenderer-nox 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 soundscaperenderer-nox using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install soundscaperenderer-nox

How To Uninstall soundscaperenderer-nox on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the soundscaperenderer-nox package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove soundscaperenderer-nox

Uninstall soundscaperenderer-nox And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove soundscaperenderer-nox

Remove soundscaperenderer-nox Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge soundscaperenderer-nox

Remove soundscaperenderer-nox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soundscaperenderer-nox

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Summary

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