How To Install libdrumstick-alsa2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libdrumstick-alsa2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libdrumstick-alsa2 is Qt5/C++ wrapper for ALSA Sequencer (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrumstick-alsa2 on Debian 12.

What is libdrumstick-alsa2

libdrumstick-alsa2 is:

This library is a C++ wrapper around the ALSA library sequencer interface, using Qt5 objects, idioms and style. ALSA sequencer provides software support for MIDI technology on Linux. Complementary classes for RMI and WRK file processing are also included.

This package provides the shared library.

There are three methods to install libdrumstick-alsa2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libdrumstick-alsa2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdrumstick-alsa2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdrumstick-alsa2

Install libdrumstick-alsa2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdrumstick-alsa2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdrumstick-alsa2

Install libdrumstick-alsa2 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 libdrumstick-alsa2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdrumstick-alsa2

How To Uninstall libdrumstick-alsa2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libdrumstick-alsa2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdrumstick-alsa2

Uninstall libdrumstick-alsa2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdrumstick-alsa2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdrumstick-alsa2

Remove libdrumstick-alsa2 Configurations and Data

To remove libdrumstick-alsa2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdrumstick-alsa2

Remove libdrumstick-alsa2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdrumstick-alsa2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdrumstick-alsa2

Dependencies

libdrumstick-alsa2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrumstick-alsa2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.