How To Install musescore-general-soundfont on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install musescore-general-soundfont on Kali Linux.
What is musescore-general-soundfont
musescore-general-soundfont is:
This is the HQ version for the new standard hard disc space-saving SF3 format soundfont as shipped with MuseScore 2.2 and newer.
This release of the soundfont supports Single-Note Dynamics with MuseScore 3.2 and higher.
MuseScore_General_HQ aims at providing the best audio quality and soundfont programming features, while being a compatible drop-in replacement for the less heavyweight MuseScore_General soundfont, providing the complete GM (General MIDI) sound set, with separate ensemble samples for several instruments, and some extras.
It can be used with most modern MIDI synthesisers which support the SF3 format, although early implementations (such as the one from MuseScore before release 2.2) had bugs making the resulting sound bad; instead use fluidr3mono-gm-soundfont for those.
As it comes under the MIT licence, it can be used in most settings, but do remember that waveforms generated using this soundfont are ??copies or substantial portions of the?? soundfont. It is sufficient to reproduce the licence and copyright notice in any ??associated documentation files?? provided with your generated waveforms.
The musescore-general-soundfont-small package contains the normal soundfont (as shipped with MuseScore 3.x), lossily SF3 compressed. The musescore-general-soundfont package similarly provides the HQ version of the soundfont (with separate ensembles instruments and other large improvements) as SF3, whereas the SF2 HQ version is packaged as musescore-general-soundfont-lossless for use with synthesisers lacking SF3 support, by audiophiles, and to avoid long MuseScore startup times; however with a large disc footprint.
This package will be installed into /usr/share/sounds/sf3/ which is the standard Debian location for system-wide SF3 soundfonts.
There are three methods to install musescore-general-soundfont on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install musescore-general-soundfont Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install musescore-general-soundfont using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install musescore-general-soundfontInstall musescore-general-soundfont Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install musescore-general-soundfont using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install musescore-general-soundfontInstall musescore-general-soundfont Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install musescore-general-soundfont using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install musescore-general-soundfontHow To Uninstall musescore-general-soundfont on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the musescore-general-soundfont package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove musescore-general-soundfontUninstall musescore-general-soundfont And Its Dependencies
To uninstall musescore-general-soundfont and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove musescore-general-soundfontRemove musescore-general-soundfont Configurations and Data
To remove musescore-general-soundfont configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge musescore-general-soundfontRemove musescore-general-soundfont configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove musescore-general-soundfont configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge musescore-general-soundfontDependencies
musescore-general-soundfont have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install musescore-general-soundfont package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
