How To Install puredata-core on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install puredata-core on Kali Linux. puredata-core is realtime computer music and graphics system - core components

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install puredata-core on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.