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ecasound mit Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, pacman installieren

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Installationsbefehl Sicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install ecasound

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add ecasound

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · ecasound · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install ecasound

Debian stable package indexes · ecasound · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#ecasound

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ec/ecasound/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S ecasound

Arch Linux sync databases · ecasound · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

ecaconvert
ecafixdc
ecalength
ecamonitor
ecanormalize
ecaplay
ecasignalview
ecasound
libecasound-config
libecasoundc-config

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Ecasound is a long-running command-line audio processing package for playback, recording, format conversion, multitrack effects, mixing, and signal routing. It is one of the older Unix-style audio tools whose appeal comes from scriptability and composable command-line processing rather than a graphical workstation interface.

Projektgeschichte

The official site states that Ecasound is designed for multitrack audio processing and includes a versatile console-mode user interface. The project page is copyrighted 1999-2020 by Kai Vehmanen, and the news archive marks June 30, 1999 as the date of the first public release, version 1.1.4r1.

Across the 2000s and 2010s, release notes show the project accumulating Unix audio integrations and operational polish: JACK-related fixes, LADSPA and LV2 plugin support, FLAC and sndfile work, Open Sound Control support, Python interface changes, and portability fixes for systems such as macOS and Cygwin.

The release advertised on the official home page is 2.9.3, released January 11, 2020. The official changelog points readers to release notes, the NEWS file, and the SourceForge gitweb source browser for detailed history.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Ecasound's adoption is rooted in Linux and Unix audio culture. The official site names GNU/Linux as the primary platform and also mentions FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris, and limited Windows support through Cygwin.

Package metadata shows it is available across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, and Nix, matching its role as a command-line audio utility that is often installed from an operating-system package manager rather than embedded as an application dependency.

Wie es verwendet wird

Ecasound is commonly used as a CLI engine for audio chains: users define inputs, outputs, chain operators, effects, controllers, and routing, then run or script processing from a shell. The documentation page points new users to examples, tutorials, the user guide, man pages, and programmer/API material.

The package also exposes helper tools such as ecaconvert, ecaplay, ecanormalize, ecalength, ecamonitor, and ecasignalview, which makes the Homebrew formula feel like a small Unix audio toolbox rather than a single executable.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Ecasound matters to package nerds because it preserves an old-school audio-processing model: GPL source releases, man pages, per-user rc files, plugin backends, shell automation, and a suite of small utilities. It is a useful contrast to GUI DAWs and newer plugin-host ecosystems.

Its packaging also captures dependency surface that audio users care about: JACK, LADSPA/LV2-era effects, sndfile/FLAC support, scripting interfaces, and cross-Unix build portability.

Zeitleiste

1999: First public Ecasound release, 1.1.4r1.
2007: Ecasound 2.4.6 adds support for a custom configuration resource file.
2009: Project marks ten years since the first public release.
2012: Ecasound 2.9.0 released with LV2 support.
2020: Ecasound 2.9.3 released with Python 3 support and maintenance fixes.

Related projects

The Ecasound documentation and news archive place it near JACK, ALSA, LADSPA, LV2, libsndfile, FLAC, OSC, and scripting interfaces such as ECI.
The official news archive also mentions related front ends and tools such as TkEca and ecawave in the broader Ecasound ecosystem.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

text:audio,record

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 13 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 3 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.

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local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: {prefix}/share/ecasound/ecasoundrc~/.ecasound/ecasoundrc

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit
`ecaconvert`	cli	globales Executable
`ecafixdc`	cli	globales Executable
`ecalength`	cli	globales Executable
`ecamonitor`	cli	globales Executable
`ecanormalize`	cli	globales Executable
`ecaplay`	cli	globales Executable
`ecasignalview`	cli	globales Executable
`ecasound`	cli	globales Executable
`libecasound-config`	cli	globales Executable
`libecasoundc-config`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-26

Manager-Version2.9.3

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://nosignal.fi/ecasound/

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://nosignal.fi/ecasound/none Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:ecasound
Version	2.9.3
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ecasound
Homepage	https://nosignal.fi/ecasound/
Repository	https://github.com/kaivehmanen/ecasound
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://nosignal.fi/ecasound/Documentation
Lizenz	GPL-2.0-or-later
Quellarchiv	https://nosignal.fi/download/ecasound-2.9.3.tar.gz
Abhängigkeiten	jack, libsamplerate, libsndfile
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	ncurses
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	ecasound
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

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Debian apt95%

ecasound 2.9.3-4+b5

multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor