How To Install smf-utils on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smf-utils on Debian 10.
What is smf-utils
smf-utils is:
LibSMF is a BSD-licensed C library for handling SMF ("*.mid") files.
This package contains smfsh an interactive command-driven frontend to libsmf, useful for modifying MIDI files by hand.
There are three methods to install smf-utils 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 smf-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install smf-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install smf-utils
Install smf-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install smf-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install smf-utils
Install smf-utils 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 smf-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install smf-utils
How To Uninstall smf-utils on Debian 10
To uninstall only the smf-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove smf-utils
Uninstall smf-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall smf-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove smf-utils
Remove smf-utils Configurations and Data
To remove smf-utils configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge smf-utils
Remove smf-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove smf-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smf-utils
Dependencies
smf-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smf-utils package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.