How To Install timgm6mb-soundfont on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install timgm6mb-soundfont on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is timgm6mb-soundfont
timgm6mb-soundfont is:
This is a small but complete GM SoundFont, originally packaged with MuseScore 1.3, but dropped from MuseScore 2.0.
This package will be installed into /usr/share/sounds/sf2/.
There are three methods to install timgm6mb-soundfont 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 timgm6mb-soundfont Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install timgm6mb-soundfont using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install timgm6mb-soundfont
Install timgm6mb-soundfont Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install timgm6mb-soundfont using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install timgm6mb-soundfont
Install timgm6mb-soundfont 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 timgm6mb-soundfont using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install timgm6mb-soundfont
How To Uninstall timgm6mb-soundfont on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the timgm6mb-soundfont package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove timgm6mb-soundfont
Uninstall timgm6mb-soundfont And Its Dependencies
To uninstall timgm6mb-soundfont and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove timgm6mb-soundfont
Remove timgm6mb-soundfont Configurations and Data
To remove timgm6mb-soundfont configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge timgm6mb-soundfont
Remove timgm6mb-soundfont configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove timgm6mb-soundfont configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge timgm6mb-soundfont
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install timgm6mb-soundfont package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
