How To Install pd-hcs on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pd-hcs
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 22.04. 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 22.04
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 22.04, 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 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pd-hcs
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.