How To Install libwildmidi2 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwildmidi2 on Ubuntu 18.04. libwildmidi2 is software MIDI player library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwildmidi2 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libwildmidi2

libwildmidi2 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.

There are three methods to install libwildmidi2 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 libwildmidi2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwildmidi2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwildmidi2

Install libwildmidi2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwildmidi2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwildmidi2

Install libwildmidi2 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 libwildmidi2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwildmidi2

How To Uninstall libwildmidi2 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libwildmidi2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwildmidi2

Uninstall libwildmidi2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwildmidi2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwildmidi2

Remove libwildmidi2 Configurations and Data

To remove libwildmidi2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwildmidi2

Remove libwildmidi2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwildmidi2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwildmidi2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwildmidi2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.