How To Install puredata on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install puredata
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is puredata
puredata is:
Pure Data (also known as Pd) is a real-time graphical programming environment for audio and graphics processing. Pd’s audio functions are built-in; graphical computations require separate packages such as gem (Graphics Environment for Multimedia) or pd-pdp (Pd Packet).
This is a metapackage that depends on all components of the core of Pd. Task: ubuntustudio-audio
There are three methods to install puredata
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 puredata 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install puredata
Install puredata Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install puredata
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install puredata
Install puredata 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 puredata
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install puredata
How To Uninstall puredata on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the puredata
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove puredata
Uninstall puredata And Its Dependencies
To uninstall puredata
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove puredata
Remove puredata Configurations and Data
To remove puredata
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge puredata
Remove puredata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove puredata
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puredata
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install puredata
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.