How To Install a2jmidid on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install a2jmidid on Kali Linux.

What is a2jmidid

a2jmidid is:

Main goal of this project is to ease usage of legacy, not JACK-ified
apps, in a JACK MIDI enabled system.
a2jmidid is a daemon that implements automatic bridging. For every ALSA
sequencer port you get one JACK MIDI port. If ALSA sequencer port is
both one input and one output, you get two JACK MIDI ports, one input
and one output.

There are three methods to install a2jmidid on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install a2jmidid Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install a2jmidid using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install a2jmidid

Install a2jmidid Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install a2jmidid using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install a2jmidid

Install a2jmidid Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install a2jmidid using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install a2jmidid

How To Uninstall a2jmidid on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the a2jmidid package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove a2jmidid

Uninstall a2jmidid And Its Dependencies

To uninstall a2jmidid and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove a2jmidid

Remove a2jmidid Configurations and Data

To remove a2jmidid configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge a2jmidid

Remove a2jmidid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove a2jmidid configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge a2jmidid

Dependencies

a2jmidid have the following dependencies:

• python3-dbus
• python3

References

• a2jmidid website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install a2jmidid package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.