How To Install pd-unauthorized on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pd-unauthorized on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pd-unauthorized
pd-unauthorized is:
unauthorized is a Pure Data library of GUI objects and a handful of objects for working with streaming and MP3s.
- audience~: a 2-dimensional audience simulation
- beatify~: modulates amplitude of a sound
- blinkenlight: a blinken lights films player (but also a pixel grid)
- compressor~: a compressor of audio signals
- cooled: a micro sound editor
- disto~: a kind of effect used in pop music, use it elsewhere
- exciter: a bang-events sequencer
- filterbank~: outputs frequency response for a range of filters
- formant~: a formant synthesis generator external for Pd
- grid: a 2-dimensional control object, ala “kaospad”
- mp3amp~: an MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3) Icecast/SHOUTcast client
- mp3cast~: an MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3) streaming external
- mp3streamout~: peer-to-peer MP3 streaming out
- mp3fileout~: peer-to-peer MP3 streaming to a file
- mp3streamin~: peer-to-peer MP3 stream receiving
- mp3write~: an MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3) file writer
- pianoroll: a graphical sequencer controller
- playlist: choose a file in 1 click with space, numeric, characters
- probalizer: outputs integer values according to a drawn probability curve
- samplebox~: an opaque box to record and playback a sound
- scratcher~: records a sound and lets you scratch it with your mouse
- scrolllist: displays and scrolls a text in a patch window
- sonogram~: displays, plays back and lets you modify a recorded sonogram
- speexin~: a voice quality stream receiver using Speex library
- speexout~: a voice quality streamer using Speex library
- spigot~: a signal router
- wahwah~: a kind of effect used in psychedelic music, use it elsewhere
There are three methods to install pd-unauthorized 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-unauthorized 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-unauthorized using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pd-unauthorized
Install pd-unauthorized Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pd-unauthorized using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pd-unauthorized
Install pd-unauthorized 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-unauthorized using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pd-unauthorized
How To Uninstall pd-unauthorized on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pd-unauthorized package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pd-unauthorized
Uninstall pd-unauthorized And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pd-unauthorized and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pd-unauthorized
Remove pd-unauthorized Configurations and Data
To remove pd-unauthorized configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pd-unauthorized
Remove pd-unauthorized configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pd-unauthorized configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pd-unauthorized
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pd-unauthorized package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
