How To Install aylet-gtk on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install aylet-gtk on Debian 9. aylet-gtk is X-GTK2-based player for Spectrum .ay music files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aylet-gtk on Debian 9.

What is aylet-gtk

aylet-gtk is:

aylet plays music files in the `.ay’ format. These files are essentially wrappers around bits of Z80 code which play music on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128’s sound hardware - either the beeper, or (eponymously) the AY-3-8912 sound chip. Files using the Amstrad CPC ports are also supported.

One source of `.ay’ files playable with aylet-gtk is “Project AY” on the World of Spectrum website:

There are three methods to install aylet-gtk on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install aylet-gtk Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aylet-gtk

Install aylet-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aylet-gtk

Install aylet-gtk 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install aylet-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aylet-gtk

How To Uninstall aylet-gtk on Debian 9

To uninstall only the aylet-gtk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aylet-gtk

Uninstall aylet-gtk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aylet-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aylet-gtk

Remove aylet-gtk Configurations and Data

To remove aylet-gtk configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aylet-gtk

Remove aylet-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aylet-gtk

Dependencies

aylet-gtk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aylet-gtk package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.