Hello
any chance to install Ubuntu studio software’s on Ubuntu mate?
Open a terminal and copy, paste and execute the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get install ubuntustudio-audio ubuntustudio-audio-plugins ubuntustudio-graphics ubuntustudio-video
Then this command:
sudo apt-get install linux-image-4.8.0-58-lowlatency
And, finally, this command:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-4.8.0-58-lowlatency
Then reboot
The Ubuntu Studio packages are only “bundles” of softwares that are available in the Ubuntu repos, so you can install the ones you need or only the specific softwares if you don’t need the whole packages.
As pointed out by @stevecook172001, you can install the lowlatency kernel if you do music / sound design (it’s only useful for this) though I’ve been told that it’s not really useful anymore, the features having been added in the main kernel.
Hi Terzag. I’ve just tested that on my rig (64 bit i3 processor processor with 8 GB ram) and must disagree on the use of the low latency kernel. At least on my rig and at least in terms of music.
I tested it with the following running simultaneously:
Qjackctl - Qsynth - VMPK virtual keyboard - Calf plugins (rotary speakers)
The delay and stuttering without the low latency kernel as compared to with it was noticeable
Ok. I wasn’t sure about this: I’d seen on the documentation for jackd of the french Ubuntu forum that the lowlatency kernel development had stopped around Lucid (10.04) with its features being implemented in the main kernel starting with Precise (12.04). Also, packages.ubuntu.com only lists lowlatency kernels for Trusty and Xenial and they seem to be dummy transitional packages. They’re still in the Zesty and Artful repos, though, where they don’t seem to be transitionals, so I’m a bit confused by the situation.
Anyway, the realtime / lowlatency kernel is only useful if you work with sound, so depending of what @Hamilton works in, it might not be required to install it. I don’t know if there are advantages / drawbacks of using it on a multi-purpose OS. The same goes for the ubuntu-studio metapackages (-audio, -graphics and -video), it’s probably not useful to install them all, they’ll only add a lot of softwares that he won’t use.
Yep, I agree in terms of redundancy of programs. There’s a hell of a lot installed I don’t ever use. I’m just lazy, though and simply install the lot. Then go into the menu editor and hide all of the ones I don’t use. I also agree the low latency kernel is only ever an issue with sound production