How To Install bpm-tools on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bpm-tools on Ubuntu 22.04. bpm-tools is command-line tool to calculate tempo of audio

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bpm-tools on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is bpm-tools

bpm-tools is:

The bpm-tools commands are used to automatically calculate the tempo (in beats-per-minute) of music, optionally displaying an analysis and adding it to file ’tags’. The data from these tags can be especially useful for navigating a music library in DJ software such as xwax(1).

The bpm command implements the algorithm on raw data, but the most commonly used command is bpm-tag to tag the file with the tempo in bpm. The bpm-graph command will produce a plot of the results of the autocorrelation.

There are three methods to install bpm-tools on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bpm-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bpm-tools

Install bpm-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bpm-tools

Install bpm-tools 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 bpm-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bpm-tools

How To Uninstall bpm-tools on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the bpm-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bpm-tools

Uninstall bpm-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bpm-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bpm-tools

Remove bpm-tools Configurations and Data

To remove bpm-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bpm-tools

Remove bpm-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bpm-tools

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bpm-tools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.