How To Install jack-keyboard on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jack-keyboard on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is jack-keyboard
jack-keyboard is:
JACK keyboard is a program that allows you to send JACK MIDI events (play ;-) using your PC keyboard. It’s somewhat similar to vkeybd, except it uses JACK MIDI instead of ALSA, and the default keyboard mapping is much better - it uses the same layout as trackers (like Impulse Tracker) did, so you have two and half octaves under your fingers.
There are three methods to install jack-keyboard 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 jack-keyboard Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install jack-keyboard using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install jack-keyboard
Install jack-keyboard Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install jack-keyboard using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install jack-keyboard
Install jack-keyboard 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 jack-keyboard using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install jack-keyboard
How To Uninstall jack-keyboard on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the jack-keyboard package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove jack-keyboard
Uninstall jack-keyboard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall jack-keyboard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove jack-keyboard
Remove jack-keyboard Configurations and Data
To remove jack-keyboard configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge jack-keyboard
Remove jack-keyboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove jack-keyboard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jack-keyboard
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jack-keyboard package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
