How To Install qsynth 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 qsynth on Ubuntu.
What is qsynth
qsynth is:
QSynth is a fluidsynth GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt toolkit. Eventually it may evolve into a softsynth management application allowing the user to control and manage a variety of command line softsynths but for the moment it wraps FluidSynth (http://www.fluidsynth.org).
FluidSynth is a command line software synthesiser based on the Soundfont specification.
There are three methods to install qsynth 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 qsynth Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qsynth using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qsynth
Install qsynth Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qsynth using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qsynth
Install qsynth 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 qsynth using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qsynth
How To Uninstall qsynth on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the qsynth package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qsynth
Uninstall qsynth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qsynth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qsynth
Remove qsynth Configurations and Data
To remove qsynth configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qsynth
Remove qsynth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qsynth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qsynth
Dependencies
qsynth have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qsynth package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.