How To Install pd-cxc on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pd-cxc
on Debian 11.
What is pd-cxc
pd-cxc is:
cxc is a library of Pd objects for random numbers, number patterns and a couple errant system tools.
- ixprint: print data on console without prefix (needed for ascwave)
- binshift: binary shift objects («,»)
- ascseq: ascii-sequencer: input anything, which is output again sequentially character by character with a given delay
- ascwave: print funny ascii constructions on console
- bfilt: re-output every argumen-th event, useful for modulo-sequencers
- bfilt2: features internal counter, output just bangs
- cxc_counter: a clone of the counting object from pd-markex
- reson: an interpolating reson filter
- cxc_prepend: prepend stuff with another symbol
- cxc_split: split incoming string at specified delimiter
- utime: output seconds since epoch and microsecond fraction
- random1, random_fl, random_icg, random_tw, dist_normal: PRNG algorithms
- random1~, random_fl~, random_icg~: signal version of above algorithms
- ENV: get and set environment variables and certain defines like RAND_MAX
- proc: get stuff out of the Linux proc directory (so far: cpuinfo, loadavg, version, uptime)
- delta~: emit distance to last sample as signal
- cx.mean, cx.avgdev, cx.stddev: calculate mean, standard and average deviation of a signal in an array
There are three methods to install pd-cxc
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pd-cxc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pd-cxc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pd-cxc
Install pd-cxc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pd-cxc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pd-cxc
Install pd-cxc 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 pd-cxc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pd-cxc
How To Uninstall pd-cxc on Debian 11
To uninstall only the pd-cxc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pd-cxc
Uninstall pd-cxc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pd-cxc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pd-cxc
Remove pd-cxc Configurations and Data
To remove pd-cxc
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pd-cxc
Remove pd-cxc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pd-cxc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pd-cxc
Dependencies
pd-cxc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pd-cxc
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.