How To Install blop on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install blop on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is blop
blop is:
BLOP comprises a set of LADSPA plugins that generate bandlimited sawtooth, square, variable pulse and slope-variable triangle waves, for use in LADSPA aware audio applications, principally as components of a modular synthesis network.
They are wavetable based, and are designed to produce output with harmonic content as high as possible over a wide pitch range.
Additionally, there are a few extra plugins to assist in building synthesis networks, like a analogue-type sequencer, sync-square and ADSR envelope. Task: ubuntustudio-audio
There are three methods to install blop 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 blop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install blop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install blop
Install blop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install blop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install blop
Install blop 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 blop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install blop
How To Uninstall blop on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the blop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove blop
Uninstall blop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall blop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove blop
Remove blop Configurations and Data
To remove blop configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge blop
Remove blop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove blop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blop
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install blop package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
