How To Install midisport-firmware on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install midisport-firmware on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is midisport-firmware
midisport-firmware is:
This packages allows you to use M-Audio’s USB MIDI and Audio interfaces with Linux. These devices require a firmware download before an operating system driver (e.g. ALSA’s snd-usb-audio) can access them.
Supported devices:
- MidiSport 1x1
- MidiSport 2x2
- MidiSport 4x4
- MidiSport 8x8
- KeyStation (old models: 49, 61)
- Oxygen
- Radium49
- Radium61
- Uno The loader is not required for the MidiSport 2x4 and for newer KeyStation models (49e, 61es, Pro 88).
There are three methods to install midisport-firmware on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install midisport-firmware Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install midisport-firmware using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install midisport-firmware
Install midisport-firmware Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install midisport-firmware using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install midisport-firmware
Install midisport-firmware 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 midisport-firmware using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install midisport-firmware
How To Uninstall midisport-firmware on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the midisport-firmware package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove midisport-firmware
Uninstall midisport-firmware And Its Dependencies
To uninstall midisport-firmware and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove midisport-firmware
Remove midisport-firmware Configurations and Data
To remove midisport-firmware configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge midisport-firmware
Remove midisport-firmware configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove midisport-firmware configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge midisport-firmware
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install midisport-firmware package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
