How To Install sc3-plugins on Debian 10

Learn how to install sc3-plugins on Debian 10 with this tutorial. sc3-plugins is Community collection of UGen plugins for SuperCollider

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sc3-plugins on Debian 10.

What is sc3-plugins

sc3-plugins is:

Extension plugins for the SuperCollider3 audio synthesis server. These third-party plugins provide additional synthesis, analysis, and other capabilities for the sound server.

There are three methods to install sc3-plugins on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sc3-plugins Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sc3-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sc3-plugins

Install sc3-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sc3-plugins using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sc3-plugins

Install sc3-plugins 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 sc3-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sc3-plugins

How To Uninstall sc3-plugins on Debian 10

To uninstall only the sc3-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sc3-plugins

Uninstall sc3-plugins And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sc3-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sc3-plugins

Remove sc3-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove sc3-plugins configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sc3-plugins

Remove sc3-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sc3-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sc3-plugins

Dependencies

sc3-plugins have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sc3-plugins package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.