How To Install multimedia-midi on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install multimedia-midi on Ubuntu 20.04. multimedia-midi is MIDI related packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install multimedia-midi on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is multimedia-midi

multimedia-midi is:

This metapackage will install packages useful for MIDI, including trackers, MIDI synths and virtual keyboards.

There are three methods to install multimedia-midi 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 multimedia-midi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install multimedia-midi

Install multimedia-midi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install multimedia-midi

Install multimedia-midi 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 multimedia-midi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install multimedia-midi

How To Uninstall multimedia-midi on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the multimedia-midi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove multimedia-midi

Uninstall multimedia-midi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove multimedia-midi

Remove multimedia-midi Configurations and Data

To remove multimedia-midi configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge multimedia-midi

Remove multimedia-midi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multimedia-midi

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Summary

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