How To Install smf-utils on Debian 10

Learn how to install smf-utils on Debian 10 with this tutorial. smf-utils is Utilities to support the smf library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smf-utils on Debian 10.

What is smf-utils

smf-utils is:

LibSMF is a BSD-licensed C library for handling SMF ("*.mid") files.

This package contains smfsh an interactive command-driven frontend to libsmf, useful for modifying MIDI files by hand.

There are three methods to install smf-utils 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 smf-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smf-utils

Install smf-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install smf-utils

Install smf-utils 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 smf-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smf-utils

How To Uninstall smf-utils on Debian 10

To uninstall only the smf-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove smf-utils

Uninstall smf-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall smf-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smf-utils

Remove smf-utils Configurations and Data

To remove smf-utils configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge smf-utils

Remove smf-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smf-utils

Dependencies

smf-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install smf-utils package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.