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There are beginner-friendly package-managers such as Synaptic (GUI) or gnome-packagekit. Keeping things up to date, searching for available software, and installing | There are beginner-friendly package-managers such as Synaptic (GUI) or gnome-packagekit. Keeping things up to date, searching for available software, and installing programs is all easily done with those. A "DBP Manager" is planned to combine installation, updating and searching for both DEB's and DBP's. | ||
To install | To install Debian packages on the command line, try searching for a keyword like this: <code>apt-cache search synthesizer</code>. Then run <code>sudo apt-get install zynaddsubfx</code> to install the program. Then type in <code>zynaddsubfx</code> to run it. Try to keep your list of available software updated with <code>sudo apt-get update</code>, and keep your installed programs up-to-date via <code>sudo apt-get upgrade</code>. (For those new to Linux, updating can be done by the GUI explained above.) | ||
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Revision as of 23:11, 5 June 2016
The Pyra will, as shipped, run Debian Jessie, using the official Debian ARMhf repo for most software, with Pyra-specific packages available from a repo on pyra-handheld.com.
A list of software in Debian can be found here (check for armhf as the architecture).
Installing/updating software
There are beginner-friendly package-managers such as Synaptic (GUI) or gnome-packagekit. Keeping things up to date, searching for available software, and installing programs is all easily done with those. A "DBP Manager" is planned to combine installation, updating and searching for both DEB's and DBP's.
To install Debian packages on the command line, try searching for a keyword like this: apt-cache search synthesizer. Then run sudo apt-get install zynaddsubfx to install the program. Then type in zynaddsubfx to run it. Try to keep your list of available software updated with sudo apt-get update, and keep your installed programs up-to-date via sudo apt-get upgrade. (For those new to Linux, updating can be done by the GUI explained above.)
Important note
It's important to keep your Debian software up-to-date as above, but also your DBP software as well.
Reinstalling Debian
If you have somehow completely borked your system, it is possible to reinstall Debian. Pyra-specific images and installer can be found here.