How To Install lmms-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lmms-common on Kali Linux.

What is lmms-common

lmms-common is:

LMMS aims to be a free alternative to popular (but commercial and closed- source) programs like FruityLoops, Cubase and Logic giving you the ability of producing music with your computer by creating cool loops, synthesizing and mixing sounds, arranging samples, having more fun with your MIDI-keyboard and much more…

LMMS combines the features of a tracker-/sequencer-program (pattern-/channel-/ sample-/song-/effect-management) and those of powerful synthesizers and samplers in a modern, user-friendly and easy to use graphical user-interface.

This package contains the platform independent files such as samples, presets and some example projects.

There are three methods to install lmms-common on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lmms-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lmms-common

Install lmms-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lmms-common

Install lmms-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install lmms-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lmms-common

How To Uninstall lmms-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lmms-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lmms-common

Uninstall lmms-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lmms-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lmms-common

Remove lmms-common Configurations and Data

To remove lmms-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lmms-common

Remove lmms-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lmms-common

Dependencies

lmms-common have the following dependencies:

• zynaddsubfx-data

References

• lmms-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lmms-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.