How To Install playmidi 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 playmidi on Ubuntu.
What is playmidi
playmidi is:
Playmidi is a MIDI file player that will play back using FM, GUS, SoundBlaster or external MIDI. It also supports Creative Music Files (CMF), Microsoft RIFF (RMI) files and large MIDI archives from games such as Ultima 7.
The player may be used with a text interface or a graphical interface.
There are three methods to install playmidi 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 playmidi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install playmidi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install playmidi
Install playmidi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install playmidi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install playmidi
Install playmidi 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 playmidi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install playmidi
How To Uninstall playmidi on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the playmidi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove playmidi
Uninstall playmidi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall playmidi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove playmidi
Remove playmidi Configurations and Data
To remove playmidi configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge playmidi
Remove playmidi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove playmidi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge playmidi
Dependencies
playmidi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install playmidi package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.