How To Install songwrite on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install songwrite on Debian 11. songwrite is guitar tablature editor and player

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install songwrite on Debian 11.

What is songwrite

songwrite is:

Songwrite is a guitar tablature (fingering notation) editor and player, quite similar to TablEdit. In addition to tablatures, it also supports staff, lyrics and drums.

Printing support and playback are available through external programs.

Songwrite was formerly know as GTablature.

There are three methods to install songwrite on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install songwrite Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install songwrite

Install songwrite Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install songwrite using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install songwrite

Install songwrite 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 songwrite using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install songwrite

How To Uninstall songwrite on Debian 11

To uninstall only the songwrite package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove songwrite

Uninstall songwrite And Its Dependencies

To uninstall songwrite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove songwrite

Remove songwrite Configurations and Data

To remove songwrite configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge songwrite

Remove songwrite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge songwrite

Dependencies

songwrite have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install songwrite package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.