How To Install pianobooster on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pianobooster on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pianobooster
pianobooster is:
Piano Booster is a new way to learn the piano just by playing a game. It takes elements of the game Guitar Hero but now it uses a real piano keyboard and the game has been turned sideways so the notes scroll along a musical stave. So instead of pressing buttons on a fake guitar you end up learning to play a real musical instrument: the piano.
To run Piano Booster you need a MIDI Piano Keyboard and a MIDI interface for the PC. If you don’t have a MIDI keyboard you can still try out PianoBooster, using the PC keyboard (‘x’ is middle C), but a MIDI piano is really recommended).
There are three methods to install pianobooster 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 pianobooster Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pianobooster using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pianobooster
Install pianobooster Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pianobooster using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pianobooster
Install pianobooster 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 pianobooster using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pianobooster
How To Uninstall pianobooster on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pianobooster package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pianobooster
Uninstall pianobooster And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pianobooster and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pianobooster
Remove pianobooster Configurations and Data
To remove pianobooster configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pianobooster
Remove pianobooster configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pianobooster configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pianobooster
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pianobooster package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
