How To Install swami 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 swami on Ubuntu.

What is swami

swami is:

Swami (Sampled Waveforms And Musical Instruments) is an application for editing and managing MIDI instruments, such as SoundFont files. A programming API is also provided for integration with other applications.

There are three methods to install swami 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 swami Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install swami

Install swami Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install swami using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install swami

Install swami 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 swami using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install swami

How To Uninstall swami on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the swami package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove swami

Uninstall swami And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove swami

Remove swami Configurations and Data

To remove swami configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge swami

Remove swami configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swami

Dependencies

swami have the following dependencies:

• libswami1
• libswamigui1
• libc6
• libfftw3-single3
• libfluidsynth3
• libglib2.0-0
• libgnomecanvas2-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libinstpatch-1.0-2

References

• swami website

Summary

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