How To Install multimedia-midi on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install multimedia-midi on Debian 9.
What is multimedia-midi
multimedia-midi is:
This metapackage will install packages useful for MIDI, including trackers, MIDI synths and virtual keyboards.
There are three methods to install multimedia-midi 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 multimedia-midi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install multimedia-midi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install multimedia-midi
Install multimedia-midi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install multimedia-midi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install multimedia-midi
Install multimedia-midi 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 multimedia-midi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install multimedia-midi
How To Uninstall multimedia-midi on Debian 9
To uninstall only the multimedia-midi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove multimedia-midi
Uninstall multimedia-midi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall multimedia-midi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove multimedia-midi
Remove multimedia-midi Configurations and Data
To remove multimedia-midi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge multimedia-midi
Remove multimedia-midi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove multimedia-midi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multimedia-midi
Dependencies
multimedia-midi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install multimedia-midi package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.