How To Install multimedia-puredata on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install multimedia-puredata on Kali Linux.

What is multimedia-puredata

multimedia-puredata is:

Metapackage which installs packages, externals, libraries and plug-ins to work with Pure Data (aka Pd), a graphical realtime computer music and signal processing language.

There are three methods to install multimedia-puredata 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 multimedia-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 multimedia-puredata using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install multimedia-puredata

Install multimedia-puredata Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install multimedia-puredata

Install multimedia-puredata 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 multimedia-puredata using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install multimedia-puredata

How To Uninstall multimedia-puredata on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove multimedia-puredata

Uninstall multimedia-puredata And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove multimedia-puredata

Remove multimedia-puredata Configurations and Data

To remove multimedia-puredata configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge multimedia-puredata

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

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

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

Dependencies

multimedia-puredata have the following dependencies:

• multimedia-tasks

References

• multimedia-puredata website

Summary

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