How To Install aseqjoy on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install aseqjoy on Ubuntu 20.04. aseqjoy is Joystick to ALSA MIDI Sequencer Converter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aseqjoy on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is aseqjoy

aseqjoy is:

In fact it’s a really tiny piece of software that turns a joystick into a MIDI controller for the ALSA sequencer infrastructure.

Its original purpose was to test the MIDI interface of terminatorX but that turned out to be fun, so it made it here in the hope that it could be useful for other experiments.

For a more detailed description on what it does and how to use it have a look the manpage.

There are three methods to install aseqjoy on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install aseqjoy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aseqjoy

Install aseqjoy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aseqjoy

Install aseqjoy 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install aseqjoy

How To Uninstall aseqjoy on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove aseqjoy

Uninstall aseqjoy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aseqjoy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aseqjoy

Remove aseqjoy Configurations and Data

To remove aseqjoy configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aseqjoy

Remove aseqjoy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aseqjoy

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aseqjoy package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.