How To Install laserboy on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install laserboy on Ubuntu 22.04. laserboy is Laser show software for soundcard operation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install laserboy on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is laserboy

laserboy is:

LaserBoy can translate laser vector art into standard, 48KHz, 16 bit, multi channel RIFF WAVE file format and play those files with independent sample shifts between the channels for proper time alignment between the scanners and the color modulation devices (per color). Waves made with LaserBoy can be played from any surround sound card in any OS. LaserBoy can open its own generated wave files and convert them back into vector art. LaserBoy provides a full set of points optimization routines including distance spanning, corner dwelling and the ability to minimize total points distance by rearranging the order and direction of lit segments within a frame. With a DC modified 8 channel sound card and some outboard electronics, LaserBoy is currently outputting full motion, 16bit X, Y position, 24 bit RGB color projections at 48 thousand points per second. Creating waves of any integer sample rate is possible. 48KHz is only a limitation of the sound cards that are currently in use.

There are three methods to install laserboy on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install laserboy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install laserboy

Install laserboy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install laserboy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install laserboy

Install laserboy 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 laserboy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install laserboy

How To Uninstall laserboy on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the laserboy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove laserboy

Uninstall laserboy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall laserboy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove laserboy

Remove laserboy Configurations and Data

To remove laserboy configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge laserboy

Remove laserboy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge laserboy

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install laserboy package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.