How To Install cecilia on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cecilia on Debian 9.
What is cecilia
cecilia is:
Cecilia is a graphic user interface for the sound synthesis and sound processing package CSound. Cecilia enables the user to build very quickly graphic interfaces with sliders and curves to control CSound instruments. It is also an editor to CSound with syntax highlighting and a built-in reference. It is also a great tool to explore the parameters of a new opcode in an interactive and intuitive way.
Cecilia uses the pyo audio engine created for the Python programming language.
Cecilia was designed by and for musicians and sound designers. All the traditional sound processing devices are included such as EQs, compressors and delays adapted for the most simple applications and the wildest imaginable sonic contortions.
There are three methods to install cecilia on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cecilia Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cecilia using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cecilia
Install cecilia Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cecilia using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cecilia
Install cecilia 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 cecilia using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cecilia
How To Uninstall cecilia on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cecilia package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cecilia
Uninstall cecilia And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cecilia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cecilia
Remove cecilia Configurations and Data
To remove cecilia configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cecilia
Remove cecilia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cecilia configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cecilia
Dependencies
cecilia have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cecilia package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.