How To Install libportmidi0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportmidi0
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libportmidi0
libportmidi0 is:
PortMidi is a platform independent library for MIDI input/output. This package provide the PortMidi and PortTime libraries.
There are three methods to install libportmidi0
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libportmidi0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libportmidi0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libportmidi0
Install libportmidi0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libportmidi0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libportmidi0
Install libportmidi0 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libportmidi0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libportmidi0
How To Uninstall libportmidi0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libportmidi0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libportmidi0
Uninstall libportmidi0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libportmidi0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libportmidi0
Remove libportmidi0 Configurations and Data
To remove libportmidi0
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libportmidi0
Remove libportmidi0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libportmidi0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libportmidi0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportmidi0
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.