How To Install multimedia-supercollider on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install multimedia-supercollider on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is multimedia-supercollider
multimedia-supercollider is:
Metapackage which installs packages, externals, libraries and plug-ins to work with SuperCollider, a real time audio synthesis programming language based on SmallTalk.
There are three methods to install multimedia-supercollider 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 multimedia-supercollider 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-supercollider using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install multimedia-supercollider
Install multimedia-supercollider Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install multimedia-supercollider using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install multimedia-supercollider
Install multimedia-supercollider 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 multimedia-supercollider using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install multimedia-supercollider
How To Uninstall multimedia-supercollider on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the multimedia-supercollider package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove multimedia-supercollider
Uninstall multimedia-supercollider And Its Dependencies
To uninstall multimedia-supercollider and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove multimedia-supercollider
Remove multimedia-supercollider Configurations and Data
To remove multimedia-supercollider configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge multimedia-supercollider
Remove multimedia-supercollider configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove multimedia-supercollider configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multimedia-supercollider
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install multimedia-supercollider package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
