How To Install aconnectgui on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aconnectgui on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is aconnectgui
aconnectgui is:
aconnectgui is a graphical utility to connect and disconnect two existing ports on ALSA sequencer system. The ports with the arbitrary subscription permission, such as created by aseqview, can be connected to any (MIDI) device ports.
aconnectgui is a frontend for aconnect, written directly on top of the aconnect source, leaving the original source intact, only adding a couple of ifdefs, and some calls to the gui part. It provides exactly the same functionality, but with a graphical user interface.
There are three methods to install aconnectgui 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 aconnectgui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install aconnectgui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install aconnectgui
Install aconnectgui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install aconnectgui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install aconnectgui
Install aconnectgui 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 aconnectgui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install aconnectgui
How To Uninstall aconnectgui on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the aconnectgui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove aconnectgui
Uninstall aconnectgui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall aconnectgui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove aconnectgui
Remove aconnectgui Configurations and Data
To remove aconnectgui configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge aconnectgui
Remove aconnectgui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove aconnectgui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aconnectgui
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aconnectgui package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
