How To Install timidity-interfaces-extra on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install timidity-interfaces-extra on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is timidity-interfaces-extra
timidity-interfaces-extra is:
TiMidity++ is a very high quality software-only MIDI sequencer and MOD player.
This package provides extra TiMidity++ user interfaces, which have limited functionality when compared to those in the main package.
Interfaces in this package: VT100, Tcl/Tk, S-Lang, XSkin, GTK2
There are three methods to install timidity-interfaces-extra 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 timidity-interfaces-extra Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install timidity-interfaces-extra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install timidity-interfaces-extra
Install timidity-interfaces-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install timidity-interfaces-extra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install timidity-interfaces-extra
Install timidity-interfaces-extra 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 timidity-interfaces-extra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install timidity-interfaces-extra
How To Uninstall timidity-interfaces-extra on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the timidity-interfaces-extra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove timidity-interfaces-extra
Uninstall timidity-interfaces-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall timidity-interfaces-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove timidity-interfaces-extra
Remove timidity-interfaces-extra Configurations and Data
To remove timidity-interfaces-extra configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge timidity-interfaces-extra
Remove timidity-interfaces-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove timidity-interfaces-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge timidity-interfaces-extra
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install timidity-interfaces-extra package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
