How To Install pd-tclpd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pd-tclpd
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pd-tclpd
pd-tclpd is:
This library allows one to write externals for Pd using the Tcl language. It wraps the Pd API quite closely, and provides a small library of helper functions to be used for writing externals.
Using Tcl for writing objects in Pd has the advantage, the Tcl/Tk is already used as Pd’s GUI toolkit, so no additional dependencies are required. Task: ubuntustudio-audio
There are three methods to install pd-tclpd
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-tclpd 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-tclpd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pd-tclpd
Install pd-tclpd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pd-tclpd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pd-tclpd
Install pd-tclpd 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-tclpd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pd-tclpd
How To Uninstall pd-tclpd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pd-tclpd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pd-tclpd
Uninstall pd-tclpd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pd-tclpd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pd-tclpd
Remove pd-tclpd Configurations and Data
To remove pd-tclpd
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pd-tclpd
Remove pd-tclpd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pd-tclpd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pd-tclpd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pd-tclpd
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.