How To Install python-mididings on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mididings on Debian 10.
What is python-mididings
python-mididings is:
mididings is a MIDI router and processor based on Python, supporting ALSA and JACK MIDI.
Features:
- MIDI routing and filtering Filter events depending on their event type, channel, note number, velocity, etc., and freely route them between an arbitrary number of input and output ports.
- Modifying and converting MIDI events Transpose notes, apply velocity curves, change controller values and ranges, or convert events to any other MIDI event type. mididings also includes more complex functions like a diatonic harmonizer, floating split points, latched notes, and more.
- Seamless switching between patches Set up different “scenes”, each with its own MIDI routing and processing, and switch between them at any time, even while playing. Switching scenes does not affect notes already held, and does not result in dropouts or stuck notes!
- MIDI event monitoring, running external commands Print MIDI event data to the console to help debugging your patches and configuring your MIDI controllers. In addition to its MIDI output, mididings can also execute shell commands and send OSC or DBUS messages.
There are three methods to install python-mididings on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-mididings Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-mididings using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-mididings
Install python-mididings Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-mididings using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-mididings
Install python-mididings 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 python-mididings using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-mididings
How To Uninstall python-mididings on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-mididings package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-mididings
Uninstall python-mididings And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-mididings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mididings
Remove python-mididings Configurations and Data
To remove python-mididings configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-mididings
Remove python-mididings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-mididings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mididings
Dependencies
python-mididings have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mididings package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.