How To Install din on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install din on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is din
din is:
din is a musical instrument and audio synthesizer. It allows one to use Bezier curves to draw and sculpt waveforms, create gating and modulation patterns and create delay feedback and volume patterns. It’s possible to create and edit an unlimited number of drones, sculpt their waveform and visually modulate them.
din uses JACK to output audio, it supports MIDI, OSC and an IRC bot for input. din can be extended and customised with Tcl scripts too.
There are three methods to install din 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 din Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install din using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install din
Install din Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install din using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install din
Install din 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 din using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install din
How To Uninstall din on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the din package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove din
Uninstall din And Its Dependencies
To uninstall din and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove din
Remove din Configurations and Data
To remove din configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge din
Remove din configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove din configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge din
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install din package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.