How To Install puredata-core on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install puredata-core on Debian 11.
What is puredata-core
puredata-core is:
Pure Data (also known as Pd) is a real-time graphical programming environment for audio and graphics processing.
This package only provides the core infrastructure of Pure Data. Most likely you will want to install “puredata-gui” (or even “puredata”) as well.
There are three methods to install puredata-core 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 puredata-core Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install puredata-core using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install puredata-core
Install puredata-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install puredata-core using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install puredata-core
Install puredata-core 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 puredata-core using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install puredata-core
How To Uninstall puredata-core on Debian 11
To uninstall only the puredata-core package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove puredata-core
Uninstall puredata-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall puredata-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove puredata-core
Remove puredata-core Configurations and Data
To remove puredata-core configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge puredata-core
Remove puredata-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove puredata-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puredata-core
Dependencies
puredata-core have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install puredata-core package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
