How To Install soundgrain on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install soundgrain on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is soundgrain
soundgrain is:
Soundgrain is a graphical interface where users can draw and edit trajectories to control granular sound synthesis. It is written in Python and WxPython and uses pyo as its audio engine.
There are three methods to install soundgrain 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 soundgrain Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install soundgrain using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install soundgrain
Install soundgrain Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install soundgrain using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install soundgrain
Install soundgrain 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 soundgrain using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install soundgrain
How To Uninstall soundgrain on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the soundgrain package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove soundgrain
Uninstall soundgrain And Its Dependencies
To uninstall soundgrain and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove soundgrain
Remove soundgrain Configurations and Data
To remove soundgrain configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge soundgrain
Remove soundgrain configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove soundgrain configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soundgrain
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install soundgrain package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
