How To Install lilypond-data on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lilypond-data on Debian 11.
What is lilypond-data
lilypond-data is:
LilyPond is a music typesetter, an automated engraving system. It produces beautiful sheet music using a high level description file as input.
This package contains architecture-independent data files for LilyPond.
There are three methods to install lilypond-data 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 lilypond-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lilypond-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lilypond-data
Install lilypond-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lilypond-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lilypond-data
Install lilypond-data 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 lilypond-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lilypond-data
How To Uninstall lilypond-data on Debian 11
To uninstall only the lilypond-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lilypond-data
Uninstall lilypond-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lilypond-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lilypond-data
Remove lilypond-data Configurations and Data
To remove lilypond-data configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lilypond-data
Remove lilypond-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lilypond-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lilypond-data
Dependencies
lilypond-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lilypond-data package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
