How To Install sonic-visualiser 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-visualiser on Ubuntu.

What is `sonic-visualiser`

sonic-visualiser is:

The aim of Sonic Visualiser is to be the first program you reach for when want to study a musical recording rather than simply listen to it.

Sonic Visualiser could be of particular interest to musicologists, archivists, signal-processing researchers and anyone else looking for a friendly way to take a look at what lies inside the audio file.

There are three methods to install sonic-visualiser 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-visualiser 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-visualiser using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sonic-visualiser

Install sonic-visualiser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sonic-visualiser

Install sonic-visualiser 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-visualiser using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sonic-visualiser

How To Uninstall sonic-visualiser on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the sonic-visualiser package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sonic-visualiser

Uninstall sonic-visualiser And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sonic-visualiser

Remove sonic-visualiser Configurations and Data

To remove sonic-visualiser configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sonic-visualiser

Remove sonic-visualiser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sonic-visualiser

Dependencies

sonic-visualiser have the following dependencies:

References

sonic-visualiser website

Summary

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