How To Install timidity-interfaces-extra on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install timidity-interfaces-extra on Kali Linux. timidity-interfaces-extra is TiMidity++ extra user interfaces

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install timidity-interfaces-extra on Kali Linux.

What is timidity-interfaces-extra

timidity-interfaces-extra is:

TiMidity++ is a very high quality software-only MIDI sequencer and MOD player.

This package provides extra TiMidity++ user interfaces, which have limited functionality when compared to those in the main package.

Interfaces in this package: VT100, Tcl/Tk, S-Lang, XSkin, GTK2

There are three methods to install timidity-interfaces-extra on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install timidity-interfaces-extra Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install timidity-interfaces-extra

Install timidity-interfaces-extra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install timidity-interfaces-extra using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install timidity-interfaces-extra

Install timidity-interfaces-extra Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install timidity-interfaces-extra using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install timidity-interfaces-extra

How To Uninstall timidity-interfaces-extra on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the timidity-interfaces-extra package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove timidity-interfaces-extra

Uninstall timidity-interfaces-extra And Its Dependencies

To uninstall timidity-interfaces-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove timidity-interfaces-extra

Remove timidity-interfaces-extra Configurations and Data

To remove timidity-interfaces-extra configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge timidity-interfaces-extra

Remove timidity-interfaces-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove timidity-interfaces-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge timidity-interfaces-extra

Dependencies

timidity-interfaces-extra have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install timidity-interfaces-extra package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.