How To Install gnome-metronome 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 gnome-metronome on Ubuntu.

What is `gnome-metronome`

gnome-metronome is:

Metronome is a GNOME application to help you keep the tempo while practising your instrument.

Features:

Select the tempo by changing the beats per minute, or by tapping it
Select the time signature
Play the metronome

There are three methods to install gnome-metronome 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 gnome-metronome Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-metronome

Install gnome-metronome Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-metronome

Install gnome-metronome 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 gnome-metronome using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-metronome

How To Uninstall gnome-metronome on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the gnome-metronome package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-metronome

Uninstall gnome-metronome And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-metronome

Remove gnome-metronome Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-metronome configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-metronome

Remove gnome-metronome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-metronome

Dependencies

gnome-metronome have the following dependencies:

References

gnome-metronome website

Summary

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