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How to install Rosegarden on linuxmint-18.03

To install Rosegarden on linuxmint-18.03
Rosegarden is a free software digital audio workstation program developed for Linux with ALSA and Qt4. It acts as an audio and MIDI sequencer, scorewriter and musical composition and editing tool.

Installation

Update the system repository.using the following command.

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                   
Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu xenial InRelease                         
Ign:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                                           
Hit:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release                                             
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [107 kB]
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Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages [636 kB]             
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages [580 kB]              
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe Translation-en [256 kB]             
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe amd64 Packages [7,400 B]          
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe i386 Packages [7,084 B]           
Fetched 5,634 kB in 10s (543 kB/s)                                                                  
Reading package lists... Done

Install the rosegarden application.

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install rosegarden -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done

The following additional packages will be installed:

  flac liblo7 liblrdf0 libraptor1 sndfile-programs
Suggested packages:
  liblo-dev liblrdf0-dev awesfx qjackctl
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Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libraptor1:amd64 (1.4.21-11) ...
Setting up flac (1.3.1-4) ...
Setting up liblo7:amd64 (0.28-5) ...
Setting up liblrdf0 (0.4.0-7) ...
Setting up sndfile-programs (1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
Setting up rosegarden (1:15.12.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the application from the Menu as shown here

Rosegarden application is shown below.

The version of Rosegarden application is available in the Help menu.

With this, the method to install Rosegarden on linuxmint-18.03 comes to an end.

Tag : Ubuntu Mate
FAQ
Q
How do I change the instrument for a track?
A
Either click with the right mouse button, or click and hold with the left mouse button, on the track/instrument label. A pop-up will appear from which you can choose a new instrument for the track.
Q
How do I set a loop?
A
While holding down Shift and and the left mouse button sweep out a loop region in the ruler at the top or bottom of the main composition window. The loop icon in the transport will become enabled and playback will always occur within this loop until you disable it. You can disable the loop by clicking on the loop icon or shift+left clicking in either loop ruler.
Q
Do I have to be using a particular desktop environment (KDE or whatever)?
A
No. Rosegarden uses the Qt 4 libraries for various common controls, but you can run it under any window manager or graphical environment you like. The only marked change in functionality comes when printing or previewing with LilyPond. This feature requires an external backend to print or preview the resulting .PDF file.
Q
Does it support my soundcard?
A
Rosegarden uses the ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) soundcard drivers. To find out whether your card is supported by ALSA, see the ALSA project's soundcard matrix.
Q
where to get source package ?
A
https://sourceforge.net/projects/rosegarden/files/rosegarden/18.06/rosegarden-18.06.tar.bz2/download