How To Install tap-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tap-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tap-plugins
tap-plugins is:
Tom Szilagyi has written a number of plugins for LADSPA compatible hosts (e.g. Ardour, GNU Sound and GStreamer).
The plugins (Equalizer, Reverberator, Stereo Echo, Tremolo, Scaling Limiter, AutoPanner and DeEsser) have been written primarily for Ardour but should work well with any LADSPA host.
There are three methods to install tap-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 tap-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 tap-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tap-plugins
Install tap-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tap-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tap-plugins
Install tap-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 tap-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tap-plugins
How To Uninstall tap-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tap-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tap-plugins
Uninstall tap-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tap-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tap-plugins
Remove tap-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove tap-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tap-plugins
Remove tap-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tap-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tap-plugins
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tap-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
