How To Install libdrumstick-rt2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libdrumstick-rt2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libdrumstick-rt2 is Realtime MIDI I/O with pluggable backends (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrumstick-rt2 on Debian 12.

What is libdrumstick-rt2

libdrumstick-rt2 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 contains the shared library for realtime MIDI I/O with plugin support.

There are three methods to install libdrumstick-rt2 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-rt2 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-rt2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdrumstick-rt2

Install libdrumstick-rt2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdrumstick-rt2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdrumstick-rt2

Install libdrumstick-rt2 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-rt2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdrumstick-rt2

How To Uninstall libdrumstick-rt2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libdrumstick-rt2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdrumstick-rt2

Uninstall libdrumstick-rt2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdrumstick-rt2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdrumstick-rt2

Remove libdrumstick-rt2 Configurations and Data

To remove libdrumstick-rt2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdrumstick-rt2

Remove libdrumstick-rt2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdrumstick-rt2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdrumstick-rt2

Dependencies

libdrumstick-rt2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrumstick-rt2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.