How To Install mmllib-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mmllib-tools on Kali Linux. mmllib-tools is library for handling Music Macro Language (tools)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mmllib-tools on Kali Linux.

What is mmllib-tools

mmllib-tools is:

MMLlib is a pure Python implementation of functionality related to the Music Macro Language as implemented by Microsoft? GW-BASIC? and compatibles, which is its most common form, also implemented by the PC speaker driver in Linux and BSD, with a number of extensions and changes.

This package contains command-line tools for handling MML. These currently are:

mml2musicxml - convert MML to MusicXML (cf. musescore) mmllint - check various aspects of MML files for correctness

There are three methods to install mmllib-tools on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mmllib-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mmllib-tools

Install mmllib-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mmllib-tools

Install mmllib-tools Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install mmllib-tools

How To Uninstall mmllib-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mmllib-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mmllib-tools

Uninstall mmllib-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mmllib-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mmllib-tools

Remove mmllib-tools Configurations and Data

To remove mmllib-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mmllib-tools

Remove mmllib-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mmllib-tools

Dependencies

mmllib-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mmllib-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.