How To Install fluid-soundfont-gm on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fluid-soundfont-gm on Kali Linux. fluid-soundfont-gm is Fluid (R3) General MIDI SoundFont (GM)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fluid-soundfont-gm on Kali Linux.

What is fluid-soundfont-gm

fluid-soundfont-gm is:

This is a GM SoundFont, for use with any modern MIDI synthesiser: hardware (like the emu10k1 sound card), or software (like FluidSynth).

This package provides the larger GM sound set, without the Roland Sound Canvas extensions.

There are three methods to install fluid-soundfont-gm on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fluid-soundfont-gm Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fluid-soundfont-gm

Install fluid-soundfont-gm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fluid-soundfont-gm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fluid-soundfont-gm

Install fluid-soundfont-gm Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fluid-soundfont-gm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fluid-soundfont-gm

How To Uninstall fluid-soundfont-gm on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fluid-soundfont-gm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fluid-soundfont-gm

Uninstall fluid-soundfont-gm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fluid-soundfont-gm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fluid-soundfont-gm

Remove fluid-soundfont-gm Configurations and Data

To remove fluid-soundfont-gm configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fluid-soundfont-gm

Remove fluid-soundfont-gm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fluid-soundfont-gm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fluid-soundfont-gm

Dependencies

fluid-soundfont-gm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fluid-soundfont-gm package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.