How To Install libfluidsynth-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfluidsynth-dev
on Debian 11.
What is libfluidsynth-dev
libfluidsynth-dev is:
Fluidsynth is a real-time midi synthesizer based on the soundfont (sf2 and sf3) specifications. It can be used to render MIDI input or MIDI files to audio. The MIDI events are read from a MIDI device. The sound is rendered in real-time to the sound output device.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libfluidsynth-dev
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfluidsynth-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfluidsynth-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfluidsynth-dev
Install libfluidsynth-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfluidsynth-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfluidsynth-dev
Install libfluidsynth-dev 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 libfluidsynth-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfluidsynth-dev
How To Uninstall libfluidsynth-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libfluidsynth-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfluidsynth-dev
Uninstall libfluidsynth-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfluidsynth-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfluidsynth-dev
Remove libfluidsynth-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfluidsynth-dev
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfluidsynth-dev
Remove libfluidsynth-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfluidsynth-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfluidsynth-dev
Dependencies
libfluidsynth-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfluidsynth-dev
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.