How To Install solfege 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 solfege on Ubuntu.
What is solfege
solfege is:
GNU Solfege is an ear training program for X Windows written in Python, using the GTK+ 3.0 libraries. You can practice harmonic and melodic intervals, chords, scales and rhythms, and you can add new exercises using a simple plain text file format.
Ear training is a big subject with many connections to music theory and performance of music.
To use this software, you need some basic knowledge about music theory.
There are three methods to install solfege 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 solfege Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install solfege using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install solfege
Install solfege Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install solfege using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install solfege
Install solfege 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 solfege using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install solfege
How To Uninstall solfege on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the solfege package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove solfege
Uninstall solfege And Its Dependencies
To uninstall solfege and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove solfege
Remove solfege Configurations and Data
To remove solfege configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge solfege
Remove solfege configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove solfege configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge solfege
Dependencies
solfege have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install solfege package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.