How To Install milkytracker on Debian 10

Learn how to install milkytracker on Debian 10 with this tutorial. milkytracker is music creation tool inspired by Fast Tracker 2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install milkytracker on Debian 10.

What is milkytracker

milkytracker is:

This is an editor for “tracked” music, i.e. audio samples of instruments pitch shifted according to the note data.

It can load the following module formats: 669, AMS, AMF, DBM, CBA, DIGI, DSM, FAR, GMC, GDM, IMF, IT, MOD, MDL, MTM, MXM, OKT, PLM, PSM, PTM, S3M, STM, ULT, UNI, and X.

Export is possible into the formats: XM, MOD, and WAV.

Supported sample and instrument formats: WAV, IFF/XI, PAT

There are three methods to install milkytracker 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 milkytracker Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install milkytracker

Install milkytracker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install milkytracker

Install milkytracker 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 milkytracker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install milkytracker

How To Uninstall milkytracker on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove milkytracker

Uninstall milkytracker And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove milkytracker

Remove milkytracker Configurations and Data

To remove milkytracker configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge milkytracker

Remove milkytracker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge milkytracker

Dependencies

milkytracker have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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