How To Install libfluidsynth2 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfluidsynth2 on Debian 11.
What is libfluidsynth2
libfluidsynth2 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 runtime library.
There are three methods to install libfluidsynth2 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 libfluidsynth2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfluidsynth2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfluidsynth2
Install libfluidsynth2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfluidsynth2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfluidsynth2
Install libfluidsynth2 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 libfluidsynth2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfluidsynth2
How To Uninstall libfluidsynth2 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libfluidsynth2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfluidsynth2
Uninstall libfluidsynth2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfluidsynth2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfluidsynth2
Remove libfluidsynth2 Configurations and Data
To remove libfluidsynth2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfluidsynth2
Remove libfluidsynth2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfluidsynth2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfluidsynth2
Dependencies
libfluidsynth2 have the following dependencies:
- libasound2
- libc6
- libdbus-1-3
- libglib2.0-0
- libinstpatch-1.0-2
- libjack-jackd2-0
- libpulse0
- libreadline8
- libsdl2-2.0-0
- libsndfile1
- timgm6mb-soundfont
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfluidsynth2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
