How To Install zita-dpl1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zita-dpl1
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is zita-dpl1
zita-dpl1 is:
DPL1 is an look-ahead digital peak limiter, the kind you would use as the final step to avoid clipping when mastering or mixing. It can be used as an effect on individual instrument tracks as well.
Latency is 1.2 ms rounded up to the nearest multiple of 8, 16 or 32 samples depending on sampling frequency. This amounts to 56 samples at 44.1 kHz, 64 samples at 48 kHz, and twice those values for 88.2 or 96 kHz.
In most cases you only need -k number_of_channels, which can be 1 to 16. The same gain reduction is applied to all channels.
There are three methods to install zita-dpl1
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install zita-dpl1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zita-dpl1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zita-dpl1
Install zita-dpl1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zita-dpl1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zita-dpl1
Install zita-dpl1 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 zita-dpl1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zita-dpl1
How To Uninstall zita-dpl1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the zita-dpl1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zita-dpl1
Uninstall zita-dpl1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zita-dpl1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zita-dpl1
Remove zita-dpl1 Configurations and Data
To remove zita-dpl1
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zita-dpl1
Remove zita-dpl1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zita-dpl1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zita-dpl1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zita-dpl1
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.