How To Install fluid-soundfont-gs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fluid-soundfont-gs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fluid-soundfont-gs
fluid-soundfont-gs is:
This is a GS SoundFont, for use with any modern MIDI synthesiser: hardware (like the emu10k1 sound card), or software (like FluidSynth).
This package provides the smaller GS sound set of Roland Sound Canvas extensions.
There are three methods to install fluid-soundfont-gs 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 fluid-soundfont-gs 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-gs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fluid-soundfont-gs
Install fluid-soundfont-gs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fluid-soundfont-gs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fluid-soundfont-gs
Install fluid-soundfont-gs 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 fluid-soundfont-gs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fluid-soundfont-gs
How To Uninstall fluid-soundfont-gs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fluid-soundfont-gs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fluid-soundfont-gs
Uninstall fluid-soundfont-gs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fluid-soundfont-gs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fluid-soundfont-gs
Remove fluid-soundfont-gs Configurations and Data
To remove fluid-soundfont-gs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fluid-soundfont-gs
Remove fluid-soundfont-gs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fluid-soundfont-gs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fluid-soundfont-gs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fluid-soundfont-gs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
