How To Install tuxguitar-oss on Debian 12

Learn how to install tuxguitar-oss on Debian 12 with this tutorial. tuxguitar-oss is tuxguitar plugin for sound playback using OSS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tuxguitar-oss on Debian 12.

What is tuxguitar-oss

tuxguitar-oss is:

Use Tuxguitar along this plugin if your Sound Device is supported by OSS. A MIDI expander is required (Hardware or Software).

There are three methods to install tuxguitar-oss on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tuxguitar-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 tuxguitar-oss using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tuxguitar-oss

Install tuxguitar-oss Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tuxguitar-oss

Install tuxguitar-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install tuxguitar-oss

How To Uninstall tuxguitar-oss on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove tuxguitar-oss

Uninstall tuxguitar-oss And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tuxguitar-oss and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tuxguitar-oss

Remove tuxguitar-oss Configurations and Data

To remove tuxguitar-oss configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tuxguitar-oss

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

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

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

Dependencies

tuxguitar-oss have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tuxguitar-oss package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.