How To Install ebumeter on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ebumeter on Ubuntu.

What is `ebumeter`

ebumeter is:

These tools help controlling loudness of audio material aimed primarily for broadcasting, but they can be useful in other situation.

ebumeter and ebur128 allow users to measure Momentary (400 ms), Short term (3s) and Integrated Loudness (from start to stop). They can be used on audio files and signals through JACK.

This package contains two programs:

ebumeter - interactive meter working via jackd
ebur128 - the command line app to measure sound files

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

Install ebumeter Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ebumeter

Install ebumeter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ebumeter

Install ebumeter 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 ebumeter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ebumeter

How To Uninstall ebumeter on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove ebumeter

Uninstall ebumeter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ebumeter

Remove ebumeter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ebumeter

Remove ebumeter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ebumeter

Dependencies

ebumeter have the following dependencies:

References

ebumeter website

Summary

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