How To Install pd-hcs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pd-hcs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pd-hcs
pd-hcs is:
The ‘hcs’ library is a random grabbag of objects that are experiments that sometimes lead to full-fledged libraries. There are objects for getting UNIX file and permissions information (group, gid2group_name, group_name2gid, uid2username, username2uid, hostname, stat, uname, setenv), Pd GUI manipulation (canvas_name, window_name, sys_gui, tcl_version, ce_path, tkconsole, pointer_position, cursor), handling filenames (file_type, folder_list, helppath, split_path), and more.
There are three methods to install pd-hcs on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pd-hcs 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-hcs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pd-hcs
Install pd-hcs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pd-hcs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pd-hcs
Install pd-hcs 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 pd-hcs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pd-hcs
How To Uninstall pd-hcs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pd-hcs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pd-hcs
Uninstall pd-hcs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pd-hcs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pd-hcs
Remove pd-hcs Configurations and Data
To remove pd-hcs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pd-hcs
Remove pd-hcs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pd-hcs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pd-hcs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pd-hcs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
