How To Install dh-puredata on Debian 12

Learn how to install dh-puredata on Debian 12 with this tutorial. dh-puredata is debhelper addon for building Pd externals

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-puredata on Debian 12.

What is dh-puredata

dh-puredata is:

This package provides the ‘pd-lib-builder’ Debhelper-sequence for streamlining the process of creating Debian packages of pd-lib-builder based externals.

There are three methods to install dh-puredata on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dh-puredata Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dh-puredata using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dh-puredata

Install dh-puredata Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dh-puredata using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dh-puredata

Install dh-puredata 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install dh-puredata using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dh-puredata

How To Uninstall dh-puredata on Debian 12

To uninstall only the dh-puredata package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dh-puredata

Uninstall dh-puredata And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dh-puredata and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-puredata

Remove dh-puredata Configurations and Data

To remove dh-puredata configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dh-puredata

Remove dh-puredata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dh-puredata configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-puredata

Dependencies

dh-puredata have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-puredata package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.