How To Install pianobooster on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pianobooster on Ubuntu 22.04. pianobooster is Learn the piano just by playing a game

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pianobooster on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is pianobooster

pianobooster is:

A MIDI file player/game that displays the musical notes AND teaches you how to play the piano.

PianoBooster is a fun way of playing along with a musical accompaniment and at the same time learning the basics of reading musical notation. The difference between playing along to a CD or a standard MIDI file is that PianoBooster listens and reacts to what you are playing on a MIDI keyboard.

To run Piano Booster you need a MIDI Piano Keyboard and a MIDI interface for the PC. If you don’t have a MIDI keyboard you can still try out PianoBooster, using the PC keyboard (‘x’ is middle C), but a MIDI piano is really recommended.

There are three methods to install pianobooster on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pianobooster Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pianobooster

Install pianobooster Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pianobooster

Install pianobooster 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 pianobooster using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pianobooster

How To Uninstall pianobooster on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove pianobooster

Uninstall pianobooster And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pianobooster and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pianobooster

Remove pianobooster Configurations and Data

To remove pianobooster configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pianobooster

Remove pianobooster configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pianobooster

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pianobooster package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.