How To Install showq on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install showq
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is showq
showq is:
Application that can play audio cues and trigger MIDI events primarily developed for theatre productions.
Features:
- 8 channels per_cue routing.
- Playback through ALSA or JACK.
- Load/Save cue list.
- Hot key for any cue.
- Application controllable by MIDI.
There are three methods to install showq
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install showq Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install showq
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install showq
Install showq Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install showq
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install showq
Install showq 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install showq
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install showq
How To Uninstall showq on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the showq
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove showq
Uninstall showq And Its Dependencies
To uninstall showq
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove showq
Remove showq Configurations and Data
To remove showq
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge showq
Remove showq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove showq
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge showq
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install showq
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.