How To Install ableton-link-utils-gui on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ableton-link-utils-gui on Ubuntu 18.04. ableton-link-utils-gui is synchronizes musical applications on multiple devices - GUI utils

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ableton-link-utils-gui on Ubuntu 18.04.

ableton-link-utils-gui is:

Ableton Link, a technology that synchronizes musical beat, tempo, and phase across multiple applications running on one or more devices. Applications on devices connected to a local network discover each other automatically and form a musical session in which each participant can perform independently: anyone can start or stop while still staying in time. Anyone can change the tempo, the others will follow. Anyone can join or leave without disrupting the session.

This package contains GUI utilities to check synchronisation.

There are three methods to install ableton-link-utils-gui on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ableton-link-utils-gui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ableton-link-utils-gui

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ableton-link-utils-gui using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ableton-link-utils-gui

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

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ableton-link-utils-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ableton-link-utils-gui

To uninstall only the ableton-link-utils-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ableton-link-utils-gui

To uninstall ableton-link-utils-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ableton-link-utils-gui

To remove ableton-link-utils-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ableton-link-utils-gui

We can use the following command to remove ableton-link-utils-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ableton-link-utils-gui

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ableton-link-utils-gui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.