How To Install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is vlc-plugin-fluidsynth
vlc-plugin-fluidsynth is:
VLC is the VideoLAN project’s media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
This plugin adds support for playing MIDI file via the FluidSynth software synthesizer to the VLC media player.
There are three methods to install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth 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 vlc-plugin-fluidsynth Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth
Install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth
Install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth 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 vlc-plugin-fluidsynth using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth
How To Uninstall vlc-plugin-fluidsynth on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-fluidsynth package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth
Uninstall vlc-plugin-fluidsynth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vlc-plugin-fluidsynth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth
Remove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth Configurations and Data
To remove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-fluidsynth
Remove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vlc-plugin-fluidsynth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-fluidsynth
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
