{"id":7286,"date":"2017-11-01T15:44:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T15:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7286"},"modified":"2017-11-01T15:44:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T15:44:20","slug":"musescore-2-1-snap-ubuntu-16-04-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/11\/musescore-2-1-snap-ubuntu-16-04-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"MuseScore 2.1 Available as Snap for Ubuntu 16.04 &#038; Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/musescore-icon245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6757\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MuseScore, free music composition and notation software, reached the 2.1 release months ago. However, it can&#8217;t be built in Ubuntu 16.04 due to old system Qt libraries.<\/p>\n<p>Besides using <a href=\"https:\/\/musescore.org\/en\/download#Linux\" target=\"_blank\">non-install Appimage<\/a>, MuseScore 2.1 is finally available as Snap package for Ubuntu 16.04 and higher after a few months of testing in beta channel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore21-snap.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore21-snap-600x335.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore21-snap-600x335.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore21-snap-450x251.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore21-snap-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore21-snap.jpg 1339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Simply open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for &#8220;terminal&#8221; from application launcher. When it opens, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo snap install musescore<\/pre>\n<p><i>Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore-snap-xenial-600x89.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"89\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore-snap-xenial-600x89.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore-snap-xenial-450x67.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore-snap-xenial.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or install it via Ubuntu Software (need sign in with your Ubuntu account).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore-snap-softwarecenter.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore-snap-softwarecenter-450x276.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"276\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore-snap-softwarecenter-450x276.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore-snap-softwarecenter-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore-snap-softwarecenter-600x369.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/musescore-snap-softwarecenter.jpg 892w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Some interfaces need to be connected manually via commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo snap connect musescore:cups-control\r\nsudo snap connect musescore:network-manager\r\nsudo snap connect musescore:alsa<\/pre>\n<p>Once installed, launch MuseScore from application launcher and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove the snap version of MuseScore, either use Ubuntu Software or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo snap remove musescore<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MuseScore, free music composition and notation software, reached the 2.1 release months ago. However, it can&#8217;t be built in Ubuntu 16.04 due to old system Qt libraries. Besides using non-install Appimage, MuseScore 2.1 is finally available as Snap package for Ubuntu 16.04 and higher after a few months of testing in beta channel. 1. 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