How To Install tuxguitar 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 tuxguitar on Ubuntu.

What is `tuxguitar`

tuxguitar is:

TuxGuitar is a multitrack Guitar tablature editor and player. It can open GP3, GP4, and GP5 files and exports in MIDI and PDF.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tuxguitar

Install tuxguitar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tuxguitar

Install tuxguitar 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 tuxguitar using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tuxguitar

How To Uninstall tuxguitar on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove tuxguitar

Uninstall tuxguitar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tuxguitar

Remove tuxguitar Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tuxguitar

Remove tuxguitar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tuxguitar

Dependencies

tuxguitar have the following dependencies:

References

tuxguitar website

Summary

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