Ubuntu Studio Installer can add Ubuntu Studio’s benefits to any installation of Ubuntu or its official flavors* so that you can use whatever desktop environment you prefer and gives you a curated selection of packages to fit your workflow, whether you’re a graphics artist, audio engineer, musician, publisher, photographer, or video producer.
Installing
To get Ubuntu Studio Installer, you must first have installed Ubuntu or an official flavor. Once you have done that, simply open a terminal window and type:
sudo apt install ubuntustudio-installer
Prior to Ubuntu 22.10, This will bring in other tools, such as Studio Controls which is required for audio configuration prep, which is done after Ubuntu Studio Installer has been run.
Using Ubuntu Studio Installer (prior to Ubuntu 23.04)
To use, simply click on the icon for Ubuntu Studio Installer, or find it in your launcher/dash.
Once it is open, you will see a window like this:
Simply click on the packages you desire in the left-hand box (descriptions of those packages are in the right-hand box).
If you wish to add the Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA to have the latest versions of certain packages as they become available, click “Add Backports PPA”.
If you already have the Backports PPA and wish to remove it, click “Remove Backports PPA”. Note: This will not remove any packages installed from the PPA, or downgrade to a lower version of those packages if installed.
Once you have your selection(s) made, click “Install”. If instructed to log-out and log-in after installer completes, do so. This simply adds the real-time audio permissions to your user if you don’t have them already. If you don’t need real-time audio permissions, then this will have no effect on your workflow.
Using Ubuntu Studio Installer (Ubuntu 23.04 and later)
To use, simply click on the icon for Ubuntu Studio Installer, or find it in your launcher/dash.
Once it is open, you will see a window like this:
Simply check or uncheck the components you wish to add or remove. Please note that ubuntustudio-pulseaudio-config and ubuntustudio-pipewire-config cannot be installed at the same time, you must select one or the other. For professional or prosumer audio setup, we recommend ubuntustudio-pulseaudio-config as PipeWire is not yet ready for professional or prosumer audio. See Switching Audio Setup for more information.
If you wish to add the Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA to have the latest versions of certain packages as they become available, check PPA-ubuntustudio-backports.
If you already have the Backports PPA and wish to remove it, uncheck PPA-ubuntustudio-backports. Note: This WILL remove/downgrade any packages installed from the PPA to those from the main/universe/multiverse Ubuntu repositories.
Once you have your selection(s) made, click “Modify Installed Package Selection”. If instructed to log-out and log-in after installer completes, do so. This simply adds the real-time audio permissions to your user if you don’t have them already. If you don’t need real-time audio permissions, then this will have no effect on your workflow.
Mauro Gaspari has created an excellent tutorial on FrontPageLinux.com of a typical audio workflow using this method.
That’s it! You are ready to create. We’ve done all the heavy lifting, so you don’t have to.
*Note: unofficial Ubuntu derivatives (those NOT listed as official flavors) are not supported, nor is Ubuntu Server.
