How To Install libwildmidi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwildmidi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwildmidi-dev
libwildmidi-dev is:
MIDI streaming library designed to process a MIDI file using sound patches and stream the results as stereo audio data through a buffer which an external program can then process further.
This package contains the development headers, static library and symlinks to libWildMidi.so.1
There are three methods to install libwildmidi-dev 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 libwildmidi-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 libwildmidi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwildmidi-dev
Install libwildmidi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwildmidi-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwildmidi-dev
Install libwildmidi-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libwildmidi-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwildmidi-dev
How To Uninstall libwildmidi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwildmidi-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwildmidi-dev
Uninstall libwildmidi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwildmidi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwildmidi-dev
Remove libwildmidi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwildmidi-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwildmidi-dev
Remove libwildmidi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwildmidi-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwildmidi-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwildmidi-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
