How To Install faust-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install faust-common on Ubuntu 18.04. faust-common is functional programming language for realtime audio applications - common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install faust-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is faust-common

faust-common is:

Faust is a functional programming language specifically designed for realtime audio applications and plugins. The syntax of the language is block diagram oriented. The faust compiler translate signal processing specifications into optimized C++ code for signal processing applications.

The generated code can be wrapped into an ‘architecture file’ in order to create for example a standalone jack/gtk application. Several architecture file are provided and additional ones are fairly easy to add.

This package contains the architecture independent files for faust.

There are three methods to install faust-common 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 faust-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install faust-common

Install faust-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install faust-common

Install faust-common 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 faust-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install faust-common

How To Uninstall faust-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the faust-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove faust-common

Uninstall faust-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove faust-common

Remove faust-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge faust-common

Remove faust-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge faust-common

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Summary

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