How To Install libmidi-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libmidi-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libmidi-perl is module to read, compose, modify, and write MIDI files in Perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmidi-perl on Debian 10.

What is libmidi-perl

libmidi-perl is:

This suite of Perl modules provides routines for reading, composing, modifying, and writing MIDI files.

There are three methods to install libmidi-perl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmidi-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmidi-perl

Install libmidi-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmidi-perl

Install libmidi-perl 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 libmidi-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmidi-perl

How To Uninstall libmidi-perl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libmidi-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmidi-perl

Uninstall libmidi-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmidi-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmidi-perl

Remove libmidi-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libmidi-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmidi-perl

Remove libmidi-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmidi-perl

Dependencies

libmidi-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmidi-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.