How to Install and Uninstall fluidsynth Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 21,2024

1. Install "fluidsynth" package

This tutorial shows how to install fluidsynth on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fluidsynth
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fluidsynth" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall fluidsynth on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fluidsynth
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fluidsynth package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fluidsynth
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 62
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.6-3
Replaces: iiwusynth
Provides: iiwusynth
Depends: libfluidsynth1 (>= 1.1.6-3), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: qsynth
Conflicts: iiwusynth
Filename: pool/universe/f/fluidsynth/fluidsynth_1.1.6-3_amd64.deb
Size: 19838
MD5sum: 803d0d6785f1fbf0c8363313569dd690
SHA1: c209102d2c76619a42c5c986fa5c47a3ade621b7
SHA256: b9423e6a8c2ce6c66a389b785e1a1b55cd1d4d2cb37dfaf2aa6ad1114ecc41c5
Description-en: Real-time MIDI software synthesizer
Fluidsynth is a real-time midi synthesizer based on the soundfont2
specifications. It can be used to render MIDI input or MIDI files to audio.
The MIDI events are read from a MIDI device. The sound is rendered in
real-time to the sound output device.
Description-md5: 35ccc8cbe8c9f428e956227669ab6116
Homepage: http://www.fluidsynth.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: ubuntustudio-audio