How To Install cecilia on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cecilia on Ubuntu 20.04. cecilia is Sound synthesis and audio signal processing environment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cecilia on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is cecilia

cecilia is:

Cecilia is an audio signal processing environment aimed at sound designers. It lets you create your own GUI using a simple syntax and comes with many original built-in modules and presets for sound effects and synthesis.

Cecilia uses the pyo audio engine created for the Python programming language.

There are three methods to install cecilia on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cecilia Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cecilia

Install cecilia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cecilia using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cecilia

Install cecilia 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 cecilia using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cecilia

How To Uninstall cecilia on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the cecilia package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cecilia

Uninstall cecilia And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cecilia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cecilia

Remove cecilia Configurations and Data

To remove cecilia configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cecilia

Remove cecilia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cecilia

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cecilia package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.