How To Install rakarrack 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 rakarrack on Ubuntu.

What is rakarrack

rakarrack is:

Rakarrack is a guitar effects processor for GNU / Linux simple and easy to use but it contains features that make it unique in this field of applications.

Currently it contains 17 effects:

• Linear Equalizer
• Parametric Equalizer
• Compressor
• Distorsion
• Overdrive
• Echo
• Chorus
• Phaser
• Flanger
• Reverb
• WahWah
• Alienwah
• Harmonizer
• NoiseGate
• Musical Delay
• Cabinet
• AutoPan/Extra Stereo

Rakarrack integrates a tuner and a MIDI converter. It can also be handled by an external MIDI controller. The settings designed by the user can be stored in presets and these presets can be used to create banks of effects.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rakarrack

Install rakarrack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rakarrack

Install rakarrack 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 rakarrack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rakarrack

How To Uninstall rakarrack on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove rakarrack

Uninstall rakarrack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rakarrack

Remove rakarrack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rakarrack

Remove rakarrack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rakarrack

Dependencies

rakarrack have the following dependencies:

• libasound2
• libc6
• libfltk1.1
• libgcc-s1
• libjack-jackd2-0
• libsamplerate0
• libsndfile1
• libstdc++6
• libx11-6
• libxpm4
• jackd

References

• rakarrack website

Summary

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