How To Install gmidimonitor on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmidimonitor on Ubuntu.
What is gmidimonitor
gmidimonitor is:
GMIDImonitor is GTK+ application that shows MIDI events.
You need to connect desired source of MIDI events to gmidimonitor input using some kind of patchbay like qjackctl, patchage. For restoring connections (not connecting every time) you can use LASH.
There are three methods to install gmidimonitor on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gmidimonitor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gmidimonitor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gmidimonitor
Install gmidimonitor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gmidimonitor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gmidimonitor
Install gmidimonitor 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 gmidimonitor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gmidimonitor
How To Uninstall gmidimonitor on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gmidimonitor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gmidimonitor
Uninstall gmidimonitor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gmidimonitor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmidimonitor
Remove gmidimonitor Configurations and Data
To remove gmidimonitor configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gmidimonitor
Remove gmidimonitor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gmidimonitor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmidimonitor
Dependencies
gmidimonitor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmidimonitor package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.