How To Install zynaddsubfx-data on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zynaddsubfx-data on Debian 9.
What is zynaddsubfx-data
zynaddsubfx-data is:
A real-time software synthesizer for Linux and Windows with many features, including polyphony, multi-timbral and microtonal capabilities. It includes randomness of some parameters, which makes warm sounds, like analogue synthesizers. It has system/insertion effects too, and much more.
This package contains the architecture-independent data files.
There are three methods to install zynaddsubfx-data 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 zynaddsubfx-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zynaddsubfx-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zynaddsubfx-data
Install zynaddsubfx-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zynaddsubfx-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zynaddsubfx-data
Install zynaddsubfx-data 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 zynaddsubfx-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zynaddsubfx-data
How To Uninstall zynaddsubfx-data on Debian 9
To uninstall only the zynaddsubfx-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zynaddsubfx-data
Uninstall zynaddsubfx-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zynaddsubfx-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zynaddsubfx-data
Remove zynaddsubfx-data Configurations and Data
To remove zynaddsubfx-data configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zynaddsubfx-data
Remove zynaddsubfx-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zynaddsubfx-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zynaddsubfx-data
Dependencies
zynaddsubfx-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zynaddsubfx-data package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.