How To Install ecasound-el on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecasound-el on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ecasound-el
ecasound-el is:
Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio processing. It can be used for simple tasks like audio playback, recording and format conversions, as well as for multitrack effect processing, mixing, recording and signal recycling.
Ecasound supports a wide range of audio inputs, outputs and effect algorithms. Effects and audio objects can be combined in various ways, and their parameters can be controlled by operator objects like oscillators and MIDI-CCs.
This package provides an interactive mode for running ecasound sessions from within Emacs as well as Emacs Lisp bindings to the Ecasound Control Interface.
There are three methods to install ecasound-el 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 ecasound-el Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ecasound-el using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ecasound-el
Install ecasound-el Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ecasound-el using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ecasound-el
Install ecasound-el 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 ecasound-el using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ecasound-el
How To Uninstall ecasound-el on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ecasound-el package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ecasound-el
Uninstall ecasound-el And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ecasound-el and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ecasound-el
Remove ecasound-el Configurations and Data
To remove ecasound-el configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ecasound-el
Remove ecasound-el configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ecasound-el configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ecasound-el
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecasound-el package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
