How To Install musescore-soundfont-gm on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install musescore-soundfont-gm on Debian 9.
What is musescore-soundfont-gm
musescore-soundfont-gm is:
This package exists so that users with older versions of MuseScore don’t lose the TimGM6mb soundfont on upgrading to MuseScore 2.0. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install musescore-soundfont-gm 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 musescore-soundfont-gm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install musescore-soundfont-gm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install musescore-soundfont-gm
Install musescore-soundfont-gm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install musescore-soundfont-gm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install musescore-soundfont-gm
Install musescore-soundfont-gm 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 musescore-soundfont-gm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install musescore-soundfont-gm
How To Uninstall musescore-soundfont-gm on Debian 9
To uninstall only the musescore-soundfont-gm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove musescore-soundfont-gm
Uninstall musescore-soundfont-gm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall musescore-soundfont-gm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove musescore-soundfont-gm
Remove musescore-soundfont-gm Configurations and Data
To remove musescore-soundfont-gm configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge musescore-soundfont-gm
Remove musescore-soundfont-gm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove musescore-soundfont-gm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge musescore-soundfont-gm
Dependencies
musescore-soundfont-gm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install musescore-soundfont-gm package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
