How To Install midge on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install midge on Kali Linux.

What is midge

midge is:

Midge generates MIDI files from text input. Most General MIDI features are supported, and there are some basic methods of randomly generating sequences. Also included is a decompiler and an emacs mode.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install midge

Install midge Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install midge

Install midge 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 midge using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install midge

How To Uninstall midge on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove midge

Uninstall midge And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove midge

Remove midge Configurations and Data

To remove midge configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge midge

Remove midge configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge midge

Dependencies

midge have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libmidi-perl

References

• midge website

Summary

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