How To Install freebirth on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freebirth on Debian 11.
What is freebirth
freebirth is:
Freebirth is a free software bass synthesizer / step sequencer / sample player similar to Rebirth. The bass synthesizer resembles a 303 but also has other capabilities such as
- Three oscillators (saw, sin, sqr)
- Phase offsets for each oscillator
- Separate filter and amplitude envelopes
- Separate tuning for each oscillator
- Two effects busses (reverb and delay).
There are three methods to install freebirth 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 freebirth Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freebirth using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freebirth
Install freebirth Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freebirth using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freebirth
Install freebirth 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 freebirth using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freebirth
How To Uninstall freebirth on Debian 11
To uninstall only the freebirth package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freebirth
Uninstall freebirth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freebirth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freebirth
Remove freebirth Configurations and Data
To remove freebirth configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freebirth
Remove freebirth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freebirth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freebirth
Dependencies
freebirth have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freebirth package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
