How To Install fmit on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install fmit on Debian 9. fmit is Free Music Instrument Tuner

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fmit on Debian 9.

What is fmit

fmit is:

FMIT is a graphical utility for tuning your musical instruments, with error and volume history and advanced features like microtonal tuning, statistics, and various views like waveform shape, harmonics ratios and real-time Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT). All views and advanced features are optional so that the interface can also be very simple.

There are three methods to install fmit 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 fmit Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fmit

Install fmit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fmit using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fmit

Install fmit 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 fmit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fmit

How To Uninstall fmit on Debian 9

To uninstall only the fmit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fmit

Uninstall fmit And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fmit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fmit

Remove fmit Configurations and Data

To remove fmit configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fmit

Remove fmit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fmit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fmit

Dependencies

fmit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fmit package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.