I use EQ10Q’s compressor - I like the configuration menu, it sounds great, and it is super versatile (coming in mono/stereo and sidechain/standard variations). In the past, I used Calf Compressor which is super cool, but a little more resource heavy than the EQ10Q stuff.
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You can download all plugins or the starter kits as mentionned by @anon60445789, or only download the plugin by clicking on the name ‘Pressure4’ under description :
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Ya I want to use eq10q plugin but it doesn’t open the GUI on my system.
Thanks for this I’ll check it out
You must be using the default EQ10Q build from the repos, which for some reason doesn’t compile correctly. Download the version from their website, and build it manually using the commands they have in the readme, and as you do make sure you build it with GCC5 when it asks. It works flawlessly then.
If you’re not feeling up for that, Calf Compressor is still a banging option that comes in LV2 format and has never once failed me.
I’ve tried 'em all. And have to say the Ardour Team’s a-compressor may be overlooked and underrated due to lack of GUI, but can stand up to the best of 'em.
For Mixbus users (including myself) it can give you the hard knee comp with att/rel controls that’s missing from Harrison’s product line.
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Is building it hard and does it leave any things I staled that are hard to remove
I was hoping if someone had the lv2 files in a folder where I can just add it to my plugin folder
I’m not sure if the a-comp is good but I have to give it another try, I have windows setup and I do have a lot of nice plugins but Now On Linux I have a hard time trusting the ones I have
Is the a-comp based on a VCA style compressor model. I heard that it sounds like a typical VCA style compressor
If you still need it, I have it in my /usr/local/lib, meaning I compiled it some time ago (can’t remember when).
Here you can download the binaries too: https://sourceforge.net/projects/eq10q/files/
Get and execute eq10q_2.2_installer.run - it will install everything right away!
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It doesn’t work for me, the installer goes away after I type in my password after to select gcc5. It doesn’t work for me
If you are already using x42 EQ why the need for anything else? 
Robin’s plugin is probably all you need, honestly. I find it to be just as good as any Windows “premium” EQ. The piano keys are really helpful and spectrum controls are amazing. I’m comfortable using it as a replacement for Flux Epure now I’ve moved to Linux. LSP EQs are top quality too…
If you want super simple try Baxandall by airwindows. If you want super simple with flavor, try Luftikus. But, my advice is probably to get super comfortable with one surgical EQ and one with flavor. A little bit like the advice not to keep DAW-hopping (guilty as charged).
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So you’re using EQ as a compressor? How’s that working out?
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I do like the compressor in the eq10q package, it has a nice gain reduction meter I like and it reminds me of when I was using pro tools
I use LSP for basic compression these days. I used Calf until I realized that I could hear really obvious zipper noise artifacts, it made me reconsider using Calf for anything tbh.
Oops…I saw x42 EQ at the top of the post and then saw talk of eq10q and assumed like many a thread it had veered off into all sorts of plugin comparisons 
If we were to discuss TDR Nova then we could discuss the virtues of EQ-meets-compressor
Was the calf plugin for eq or compression that you had issues with, I stopped using calf eq plugins, but I still like their other ones
Do you have any of them from the binary