How To Install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth on Debian 12

Learn how to install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth on Debian 12 with this tutorial. vlc-plugin-fluidsynth is FluidSynth plugin for VLC

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth on Debian 12.

What is vlc-plugin-fluidsynth

vlc-plugin-fluidsynth is:

VLC is the VideoLAN project’s media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.

This plugin adds support for playing MIDI file via the FluidSynth software synthesizer to the VLC media player.

There are three methods to install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth

Install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth

Install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth 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 vlc-plugin-fluidsynth using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth

How To Uninstall vlc-plugin-fluidsynth on Debian 12

To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-fluidsynth package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth

Uninstall vlc-plugin-fluidsynth And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vlc-plugin-fluidsynth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth

Remove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth Configurations and Data

To remove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-fluidsynth

Remove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-fluidsynth

Dependencies

vlc-plugin-fluidsynth have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.