How To Install freewheeling on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freewheeling on Debian 11.
What is freewheeling
freewheeling is:
FreeWheeling is a live looping instrument built for improvisation. Using a keyboard or a MIDI controller, it allows one to build and control repetitive patterns from a live audio stream.
FreeWheeling uses the Jack Audio Connection Kit, Fluidsynth, and SDL.
There are three methods to install freewheeling 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 freewheeling Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freewheeling using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freewheeling
Install freewheeling Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freewheeling using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freewheeling
Install freewheeling 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 freewheeling using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freewheeling
How To Uninstall freewheeling on Debian 11
To uninstall only the freewheeling package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freewheeling
Uninstall freewheeling And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freewheeling and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freewheeling
Remove freewheeling Configurations and Data
To remove freewheeling configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freewheeling
Remove freewheeling configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freewheeling configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freewheeling
Dependencies
freewheeling have the following dependencies:
- libasound2
- libc6
- libfluidsynth2
- libgcc-s1
- libjack-jackd2-0
- liblo7
- libnettle8
- libogg0
- libsdl-gfx1.2-5
- libsdl-ttf2.0-0
- libsdl1.2debian
- libsndfile1
- libstdc++6
- libvorbis0a
- libvorbisenc2
- libvorbisfile3
- libx11-6
- libxml2
- jackd
- ttf-bitstream-vera
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freewheeling package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
