How To Install sonic-pi-samples 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 sonic-pi-samples on Ubuntu.
What is sonic-pi-samples
sonic-pi-samples is:
Sonic Pi is shipped with a default audio sample collection, containing musical snippets, sound effects and rhythm loops created by various contributors at freesound.org.
There are three methods to install sonic-pi-samples 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 sonic-pi-samples Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sonic-pi-samples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sonic-pi-samples
Install sonic-pi-samples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sonic-pi-samples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sonic-pi-samples
Install sonic-pi-samples 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 sonic-pi-samples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sonic-pi-samples
How To Uninstall sonic-pi-samples on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the sonic-pi-samples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sonic-pi-samples
Uninstall sonic-pi-samples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sonic-pi-samples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sonic-pi-samples
Remove sonic-pi-samples Configurations and Data
To remove sonic-pi-samples configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sonic-pi-samples
Remove sonic-pi-samples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sonic-pi-samples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sonic-pi-samples
Dependencies
sonic-pi-samples have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sonic-pi-samples package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.