How To Install lmms-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lmms-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lmms-common
lmms-common is:
LMMS aims to be a free alternative to popular (but commercial and closed- source) programs like FruityLoops, Cubase and Logic giving you the ability of producing music with your computer by creating cool loops, synthesizing and mixing sounds, arranging samples, having more fun with your MIDI-keyboard and much more…
LMMS combines the features of a tracker-/sequencer-program (pattern-/channel-/ sample-/song-/effect-management) and those of powerful synthesizers and samplers in a modern, user-friendly and easy to use graphical user-interface.
This package contains the platform independent files such as samples, presets and some example projects. Task: ubuntustudio-audio
There are three methods to install lmms-common 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 lmms-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 lmms-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lmms-common
Install lmms-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lmms-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lmms-common
Install lmms-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 lmms-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lmms-common
How To Uninstall lmms-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lmms-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lmms-common
Uninstall lmms-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lmms-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lmms-common
Remove lmms-common Configurations and Data
To remove lmms-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lmms-common
Remove lmms-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lmms-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lmms-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lmms-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
