How To Install mmllib-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mmllib-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mmllib-tools
mmllib-tools is:
MMLlib is a pure Python implementation of functionality related to the Music Macro Language as implemented by Microsoft® GW-BASIC® and compatibles, which is its most common form, also implemented by the PC speaker driver in Linux and BSD, with a number of extensions and changes.
This package contains command-line tools for handling MML. These currently are:
mml2musicxml - convert MML to MusicXML (cf. musescore) mmllint - check various aspects of MML files for correctness
There are three methods to install mmllib-tools 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 mmllib-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mmllib-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mmllib-tools
Install mmllib-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mmllib-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mmllib-tools
Install mmllib-tools 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 mmllib-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mmllib-tools
How To Uninstall mmllib-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mmllib-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mmllib-tools
Uninstall mmllib-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mmllib-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mmllib-tools
Remove mmllib-tools Configurations and Data
To remove mmllib-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mmllib-tools
Remove mmllib-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mmllib-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mmllib-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mmllib-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
