How To Install puredata on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install puredata on Debian 9.
What is puredata
puredata is:
Pure Data (also known as Pd) is a real-time graphical programming environment for audio and graphics processing. Pd’s audio functions are built-in; graphical computations require separate packages such as gem (Graphics Environment for Multimedia) or pd-pdp (Pd Packet).
There are three methods to install puredata on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 puredata using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install puredata
Install puredata Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install puredata using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install puredata
Install 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 puredata using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install puredata
How To Uninstall puredata on Debian 9
To uninstall only the puredata package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove puredata
Uninstall puredata And Its Dependencies
To uninstall puredata and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove puredata
Remove puredata Configurations and Data
To remove puredata configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge puredata
Remove puredata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove puredata configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puredata
Dependencies
puredata have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install puredata package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
