How To Install qabc on Debian 12

Learn how to install qabc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. qabc is minimal GUI for ABC music notation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qabc on Debian 12.

What is qabc

qabc is:

QAbc is a simple graphical program that allow to write musical scores in the ABC notation.

This program allow to play the written music, preview the output score and print it, using third party software.

There are three methods to install qabc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install qabc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qabc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qabc

Install qabc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qabc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qabc

Install qabc 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 qabc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qabc

How To Uninstall qabc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the qabc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qabc

Uninstall qabc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qabc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qabc

Remove qabc Configurations and Data

To remove qabc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qabc

Remove qabc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qabc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qabc

Dependencies

qabc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qabc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.