How To Install musescore on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install musescore on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is musescore
musescore is:
MuseScore is a free WYSIWYG music score typesetter for Linux, licenced under GNU GPL. Features:
- WYSIWYG, notes are entered on a “virtual note sheet”
- Unlimited score length
- Unlimited number of staves per system
- Up to four independent voices per staff
- easy and fast note entry with mouse, keyboard or midi
- integrated sequencer and FluidSynth software synthesizer
- import and export of MusicXml and standard midifiles (SMF)
- platform independent code for Linux, Windows and Mac
- Automatic part extraction and transposition
- Chord symbols
- Swing and shuffle playback
- and much more…
There are three methods to install musescore 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 musescore Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install musescore using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install musescore
Install musescore Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install musescore using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install musescore
Install musescore 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 musescore using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install musescore
How To Uninstall musescore on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the musescore package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove musescore
Uninstall musescore And Its Dependencies
To uninstall musescore and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove musescore
Remove musescore Configurations and Data
To remove musescore configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge musescore
Remove musescore configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove musescore configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge musescore
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install musescore package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
