How To Install performous-tools on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install performous-tools on Ubuntu 20.04. performous-tools is karaoke game that allows user supplied songs - tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install performous-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is performous-tools

performous-tools is:

A karaoke, band and dancing game where one or more players perform a song and the game scores their performances. Supports songs in UltraStar, Frets on Fire and StepMania formats. Microphones and instruments from SingStar, Guitar Hero and Rock Band as well as some dance pads are autodetected.

This package includes some tools for converting original Singstar DVDs to the format used by Performous.

There are three methods to install performous-tools 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 performous-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install performous-tools

Install performous-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install performous-tools

Install performous-tools 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 performous-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install performous-tools

How To Uninstall performous-tools on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the performous-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove performous-tools

Uninstall performous-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove performous-tools

Remove performous-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge performous-tools

Remove performous-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge performous-tools

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Summary

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