How To Install kmetronome on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kmetronome on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kmetronome
kmetronome is:
KMetronome is a MIDI based metronome using the ALSA sequencer.
The intended audience are musicians and music students. Like the solid, real metronomes it is a tool to keep the rhythm while playing musical instruments.
It uses MIDI for sound generation instead of digital audio, allowing low CPU usage and very accurate timing thanks to the ALSA sequencer
There are three methods to install kmetronome 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 kmetronome Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kmetronome using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kmetronome
Install kmetronome Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kmetronome using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kmetronome
Install kmetronome 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 kmetronome using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kmetronome
How To Uninstall kmetronome on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kmetronome package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kmetronome
Uninstall kmetronome And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kmetronome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kmetronome
Remove kmetronome Configurations and Data
To remove kmetronome configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kmetronome
Remove kmetronome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kmetronome configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kmetronome
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kmetronome package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.