How To Install lmms on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install lmms on Debian 9. lmms is Linux Multimedia Studio

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lmms on Debian 9.

What is lmms

lmms 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.

There are three methods to install lmms on Debian 9. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lmms

Install lmms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lmms

Install lmms 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 lmms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lmms

How To Uninstall lmms on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove lmms

Uninstall lmms And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lmms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lmms

Remove lmms Configurations and Data

To remove lmms configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lmms

Remove lmms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lmms

Dependencies

lmms have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lmms package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.