How To Install gramophone2 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gramophone2 on Ubuntu 22.04. gramophone2 is GRAMophone II is an algorithmic music generator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gramophone2 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is gramophone2

gramophone2 is:

GRAMophone is partly based on an idea of Jon McCormack’s, who invented the idea of a virtual player (virtual musician). The player in question is associated with a MIDI track, and interprets instructions telling it what to do. Generally, they say play notes (send MIDI messages). GRAMophone’s players together make up an orchestra, which plays a composition. Any number of players can play a composition, but in practice the hardware used might impose an upper limit. In general every player plays an instrument and each has a different set of grammar rules. An individual player is characterised by a set of parameters which are shared by the whole orchestra and/or a personal parameter set.

There are three methods to install gramophone2 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 gramophone2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gramophone2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gramophone2

Install gramophone2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gramophone2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gramophone2

Install gramophone2 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 gramophone2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gramophone2

How To Uninstall gramophone2 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the gramophone2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gramophone2

Uninstall gramophone2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gramophone2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gramophone2

Remove gramophone2 Configurations and Data

To remove gramophone2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gramophone2

Remove gramophone2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gramophone2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gramophone2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gramophone2 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.