How To Install pd-ambix 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 pd-ambix on Ubuntu.
What is pd-ambix
pd-ambix is:
libambix is a library of C routines for reading and writing files following the “ambix” (AMBIsonics eXchange) conventions.
Ambisonics is a periphonic (3D) surround sound technique, with a scalable spatial resolution (put simply: “the more audio channels you use, the better”). The ambix convention defines an extensible format for exchanging soundfiles containing Higher Order Ambisonics data.
This package contains a set of Pure Data (Pd) objects to interact with ambix-files:
- [ambix_info]: information about ambix files
- [ambix_read~]: play an ambix file (simple mode)
- [ambix_readX~]: play an ambix file (extended mode)
- [ambix_write~]: record an ambix file
There are three methods to install pd-ambix 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 pd-ambix Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pd-ambix using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pd-ambix
Install pd-ambix Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pd-ambix using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pd-ambix
Install pd-ambix 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 pd-ambix using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pd-ambix
How To Uninstall pd-ambix on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the pd-ambix package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pd-ambix
Uninstall pd-ambix And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pd-ambix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pd-ambix
Remove pd-ambix Configurations and Data
To remove pd-ambix configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pd-ambix
Remove pd-ambix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pd-ambix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pd-ambix
Dependencies
pd-ambix have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pd-ambix package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.