How To Install deken on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install deken on Debian 9. deken is Externals wrangler for Pure Data - upload utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install deken on Debian 9.

What is deken

deken is:

deken is a simple and easy to use package manager for Pure Data (Pd).

This package provides a command line tool that facilitates the creation and upload of your own packages to the official package repository puredata.info.

There are three methods to install deken 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 deken Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install deken

Install deken Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install deken

Install deken 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 deken using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install deken

How To Uninstall deken on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove deken

Uninstall deken And Its Dependencies

To uninstall deken and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove deken

Remove deken Configurations and Data

To remove deken configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge deken

Remove deken configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge deken

Dependencies

deken have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install deken package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.