How To Install cyclist on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cyclist
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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. Task: ubuntustudio-audio
There are three methods to install cyclist
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cyclist
Remove cyclist Configurations and Data
To remove cyclist
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cyclist
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.