How To Install synaesthesia on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install synaesthesia on Debian 9.
What is synaesthesia
synaesthesia is:
This is a program for representing music graphically, as a curuscating field of fog, stars and/or glowing lines. It is intended as a visual accompaniment to music. The representation goes beyond conventional freqency analysis displays by combining a fourier analysis with stereo positioning information, making it possible to distinguish individual intruments, vocalists or effects by location, shape and color.
Sound inputs can be obtained from a CD, line input, the ESD sound daemon or via piped-in PCM data.
There are three methods to install synaesthesia on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install synaesthesia Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install synaesthesia using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install synaesthesia
Install synaesthesia Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install synaesthesia using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install synaesthesia
Install synaesthesia 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 synaesthesia using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install synaesthesia
How To Uninstall synaesthesia on Debian 9
To uninstall only the synaesthesia package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove synaesthesia
Uninstall synaesthesia And Its Dependencies
To uninstall synaesthesia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove synaesthesia
Remove synaesthesia Configurations and Data
To remove synaesthesia configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge synaesthesia
Remove synaesthesia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove synaesthesia configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge synaesthesia
Dependencies
synaesthesia have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install synaesthesia package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.