How To Install cyclist on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyclist on Kali Linux.

What is cyclist

cyclist is:

cyclist is a command line utility for converting the .mxb binary format for Max/MSP patches into the .mxt/.pat text format. It is part of the Cyclone library for Pure Data, which aims to bring some level of compatibility between the Max/MSP and Pd environments. Although being itself in the early stage of development, it is meant to eventually become part of a much larger project, aiming at unification and standardization of computer musician’s tools.

In its current form, cyclone is mainly for people using both Max and Pd, and thus wanting to develop cross-platform patches. In this respect, cyclone has much in common with Thomas Grill’s flext, and flext-based externals. While flext enables developing new cross-platform classes, cyclone makes existing classes cross-platform.

Cyclone also comes handy, somewhat, in the task of importing Max/MSP patches into Pd. Do not expect miracles, though, it is usually not an easy task.

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

Install cyclist Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cyclist

Install cyclist Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cyclist using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cyclist

Install cyclist Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install cyclist

How To Uninstall cyclist on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cyclist package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cyclist

Uninstall cyclist And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cyclist and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cyclist

Remove cyclist Configurations and Data

To remove cyclist configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cyclist

Remove cyclist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cyclist

Dependencies

cyclist have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• cyclist website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyclist package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.