How To Install qmidinet on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qmidinet on Kali Linux.

What is qmidinet

qmidinet is:

QmidiNet is a MIDI network gateway application that sends and receives MIDI data (ALSA Sequencer) over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. It was inspired by multimidicast (https://llg.cubic.org/tools) and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI for Windows (https://nerds.de).

There are three methods to install qmidinet 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 qmidinet Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qmidinet

Install qmidinet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qmidinet

Install qmidinet 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install qmidinet

How To Uninstall qmidinet on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove qmidinet

Uninstall qmidinet And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qmidinet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qmidinet

Remove qmidinet Configurations and Data

To remove qmidinet configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qmidinet

Remove qmidinet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qmidinet

Dependencies

qmidinet have the following dependencies:

• libasound2
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libjack-jackd2-0
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5network5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6

References

• qmidinet website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qmidinet package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.