How To Install ecasound on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecasound on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ecasound
ecasound 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 the ecasound executable.
There are three methods to install ecasound 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 ecasound 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ecasound
Install ecasound Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ecasound using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ecasound
Install ecasound 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ecasound
How To Uninstall ecasound on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ecasound package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ecasound
Uninstall ecasound And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ecasound and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ecasound
Remove ecasound Configurations and Data
To remove ecasound configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ecasound
Remove ecasound configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ecasound configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ecasound
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecasound package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
