How To Install denemo on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install denemo on Ubuntu 20.04. denemo is GTK+ front end to GNU Lilypond

Introduction

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

What is denemo

denemo is:

GNU Denemo is a GUI musical score editor written in C/GTK+. It is intended primarily as a front end to GNU Lilypond, but is adaptable to other computer-music-related purposes as well.

There are three methods to install denemo 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 denemo Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install denemo

Install denemo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install denemo

Install denemo 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 denemo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install denemo

How To Uninstall denemo on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove denemo

Uninstall denemo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove denemo

Remove denemo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge denemo

Remove denemo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge denemo

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Summary

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