How To Install meterbridge 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 meterbridge on Ubuntu.

What is meterbridge

meterbridge is:

Meterbridge implements various meters for the JACK Audio Connection Kit. Examples of the available types are:

• PPM Peak Program level Meter
• VU Volume Unit Meter
• DPM Digital Peak Meter
• JF Jellyfish Meter
• SCO Scope

There are three methods to install meterbridge 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 meterbridge Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install meterbridge

Install meterbridge Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install meterbridge

Install meterbridge 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 meterbridge using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install meterbridge

How To Uninstall meterbridge on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove meterbridge

Uninstall meterbridge And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove meterbridge

Remove meterbridge Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge meterbridge

Remove meterbridge configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge meterbridge

Dependencies

meterbridge have the following dependencies:

• jackd
• libc6
• libjack-jackd2-0
• libsdl-image1.2
• libsdl1.2debian

References

• meterbridge website

Summary

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