How To Install csound-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install csound-utils on Ubuntu 18.04. csound-utils is miscellaneous utilities for the Csound system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install csound-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is csound-utils

csound-utils is:

This package contains several utilities which may be useful with Csound. These utilities aid in score creation, sound analysis and sound transformations.

There are three methods to install csound-utils 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 csound-utils Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install csound-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install csound-utils

Install csound-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install csound-utils

Install csound-utils 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 csound-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install csound-utils

How To Uninstall csound-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the csound-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove csound-utils

Uninstall csound-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall csound-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove csound-utils

Remove csound-utils Configurations and Data

To remove csound-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge csound-utils

Remove csound-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge csound-utils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install csound-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.