How To Install csound on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install csound on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is csound
csound is:
Csound is a sound and music synthesis system. Drawing from over 450 signal processing modules, it can be used to model virtually any synthesizer or multi-effect processor. It can work either in real-time or as a compiler.
Csound is to sound synthesis as C is to programming.
There are three methods to install csound 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.
Install csound Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install csound using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install csound
Install csound Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install csound using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install csound
Install csound 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 csound using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install csound
How To Uninstall csound on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the csound package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove csound
Uninstall csound And Its Dependencies
To uninstall csound and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove csound
Remove csound Configurations and Data
To remove csound configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge csound
Remove csound configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove csound configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge csound
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install csound package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.