How To Install drumkv1-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install drumkv1-common on Ubuntu 18.04. drumkv1-common is old-school drum-kit sampler - common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install drumkv1-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is drumkv1-common

drumkv1-common is:

drumkv1 is an old-school all-digital drum-kit sampler synthesizer with stereo effects. It is provided in both forms of a LV2 plugin and a pure stand-alone JACK client with JACK-session and both JACK MIDI and ALSA MIDI input support.

This package provides files shared by both the LV2 plugin and the standalone application.

There are three methods to install drumkv1-common 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 drumkv1-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install drumkv1-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install drumkv1-common

Install drumkv1-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install drumkv1-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install drumkv1-common

Install drumkv1-common 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 drumkv1-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install drumkv1-common

How To Uninstall drumkv1-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the drumkv1-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove drumkv1-common

Uninstall drumkv1-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall drumkv1-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove drumkv1-common

Remove drumkv1-common Configurations and Data

To remove drumkv1-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge drumkv1-common

Remove drumkv1-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove drumkv1-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge drumkv1-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install drumkv1-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.