Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install a2jmidid on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. 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 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 a2jmidid using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install a2jmidid
How To Uninstall a2jmidid on Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove a2jmidid
Remove a2jmidid Configurations and Data
To remove a2jmidid configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install a2jmidid package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
