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How to install qTractor on Debian 9.0

To install qTractor on Debian 9.0

qTractor is an open-source audio and MIDI sequencer, built based on C++ and uses the Qt framework, along with ALSA drivers for MIDI files and JACK drivers for audios. qTractor is also an audio editing tool and features a multi-track tape recorder, multi-select, point-and-click, and drag & drop interaction, undo and redo functionality. In this tutorial, you are going to be briefed about the installation process of qTractor on Debian 9.0.

Installing qTractor

Before you start with the installation of qTractor on your Debian machine, make sure you add the needed repo for which you need to access the sources.list file. Run the following command to open the file. 

root@debian:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Once the file is opened, add the following lines at its bottom. 

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free

After adding the lines, save it and exit the file.

Once it is done, update the apt sources.list file as follows. 

root@debian:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable-updates InRelease [88.5 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates InRelease [62.9 kB]        
Ign:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable InRelease                               
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease [91.8 kB] 
Get:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable Release [118 kB]                           
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main Sources.diff/Index [22.4 kB]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main amd64 Packages.diff/Index [17.5 kB]
Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main Translation-en.diff/Index [6,640 B]
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Fetched 30.6 MB in 33s (912 kB/s)                                                            
Reading package lists... Done

All is set for the installation of qTractor. Trigger the installation process by running the following command. 

root@debian:~# apt-get install qtractor
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 libwebkitgtk-3.0-0
Use ' apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  jackd jackd2 jackd2-firewire libconfig++9v5 libdouble-conversion1 libffado2 liblo7
  libpcre16-3 libqt4-dbus libqt4-xml libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 libqt5gui5 libqt5network5
  libqt5svg5 libqt5widgets5 libqt5x11extras5 libqt5xml5 libqtcore4 libqtdbus4 libqtgui4
  libsuil-0-0 libxcb-xinerama0 libxml++2.6-2v5 mesa-utils python-dbus qdbus qjackctl
  qt-at-spi qt5-gtk-platformtheme qtchooser qtcore4-l10n qttranslations5-l10n
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Setting up qtractor (0.8.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-11+deb9u1) ...

qTractor has been installed. You can access it using your activities search bar. Type the name of the package, the application icon appears. Click on it to access it.

With this, the installation of qTractor is complete.

Tag : debian
FAQ
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Is my Hardware / Soundcard supported in the Linux OS ?
A
For PCI, PCIE, PCMCIA and USB devices, the Alsa Soundcard Matrix lists support status.
Another source of information regarding to USB support
Q
Is it possible to run VST plugins on Linux?
A
Jost, LMMS, Muse Sequencer,Qtractor, Radium and much more.
Q
How to optimize my system for audio / midi ?
A
For some uses, it can be helpful to run a realtime (RT) kernel, but generally this isn't necessary anymore.
Q
How to get a list of available timers?
A
Run the following command,
# cat /proc/asound/timers
Q
What repositories you have used?
A
here I have to give some of the repo as you can need "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free".