How To Install solfege-oss on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install solfege-oss on Ubuntu 18.04. solfege-oss is OSS module for GNU Solfege

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install solfege-oss on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is solfege-oss

solfege-oss is:

This package contains the Python module GNU Solfege needs to access the sequencer device of OSS.

There are three methods to install solfege-oss 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 solfege-oss Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install solfege-oss

Install solfege-oss Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install solfege-oss

Install solfege-oss 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 solfege-oss using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install solfege-oss

How To Uninstall solfege-oss on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the solfege-oss package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove solfege-oss

Uninstall solfege-oss And Its Dependencies

To uninstall solfege-oss and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove solfege-oss

Remove solfege-oss Configurations and Data

To remove solfege-oss configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge solfege-oss

Remove solfege-oss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge solfege-oss

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install solfege-oss package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.