How To Install pykaraoke on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pykaraoke on Debian 10.
What is pykaraoke
pykaraoke is:
PyKaraoke is a free karaoke player. You can use this program to play your collection of CDG, MIDI and MPEG karaoke songs.
pykaraoke is a frontend for the pycdg and pympg karaoke players. It provides a search engine to find your songs, a file/folder browser to pick songs from disk, as well as a playlist.
Features: * CDG (MP3+G, OGG+G) playback - Play standard CDG karaoke files * MIDI (.MID/.KAR) playback - Play MIDI format karaoke files * MPEG playback - Play karaoke songs and movies in MPEG format * Playlist - Queue up songs, sit back and enjoy * Searchable song database - Easily find your songs from the main screen * Search inside ZIP files - Play MP3+G/MIDI files wrapped in ZIP files * Cross-platform - Runs on Windows and Linux
MIDI/KAR support on Linux, requires the following: * Timidity++ * Sounds/patches for Timidity++ (e.g. freepats or eawpatches)
There are three methods to install pykaraoke on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pykaraoke Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pykaraoke using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pykaraoke
Install pykaraoke Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pykaraoke using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pykaraoke
Install pykaraoke 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 pykaraoke using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pykaraoke
How To Uninstall pykaraoke on Debian 10
To uninstall only the pykaraoke package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pykaraoke
Uninstall pykaraoke And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pykaraoke and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pykaraoke
Remove pykaraoke Configurations and Data
To remove pykaraoke configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pykaraoke
Remove pykaraoke configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pykaraoke configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pykaraoke
Dependencies
pykaraoke have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pykaraoke package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
