How To Install midisnoop on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install midisnoop on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is midisnoop
midisnoop is:
Can be used to monitor a MIDI device and/or software, and to send MIDI messages to a MIDI port to see how the device/software responds.
Support both ALSA and JACK MIDI ports via the RtMidi library.
There are three methods to install midisnoop on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install midisnoop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install midisnoop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install midisnoop
Install midisnoop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install midisnoop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install midisnoop
Install midisnoop 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 midisnoop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install midisnoop
How To Uninstall midisnoop on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the midisnoop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove midisnoop
Uninstall midisnoop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall midisnoop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove midisnoop
Remove midisnoop Configurations and Data
To remove midisnoop configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge midisnoop
Remove midisnoop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove midisnoop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge midisnoop
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install midisnoop package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.