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The Pyra will, as shipped, run Debian, using the official Debian ARMhf repo for most software, with hardware-specific packages available from a repo on pyra-handheld.com.
The Pyra will, as shipped, run Debian, using the official Debian ARMhf repo for most software, with Pyra-specific packages available from a repo on pyra-handheld.com.


Images and Installer at http://packages.pyra-handheld.com/images/
A list of software in Debian can be found [https://packages.debian.org/jessie/ here] (check for armhf as the architecture).
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List of software in Debian at https://packages.debian.org/jessie/
== Installing/updating software ==
(check for armhf as the architecture)
 
To install software 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, this is a very quick and painless process compared to other OSes.)


Alternatively, there are beginner-friendly package-managers such as Aptitude (curses) and Synaptic (GUI) for users who feel uncomfortable with command-line tools.  Keeping things up to date, searching for available software, and installing it follow the same ideas as above, but with a graphical user interface.
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=== Important note ===


It's important to keep your Debian software up-to-date as above, but also your [[.dbp|DBP]] software as well.</noinclude>


== Reinstalling Debian ==


== Installing/updating software ==
If you have somehow completely borked your system, it is possible to reinstall Debian.  Pyra-specific images and installer can be found [http://packages.pyra-handheld.com/images/ here].


To install software 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, this is a very quick and painless process compared to other OSes.)
TODO: Walk-through from the following OSes...


Alternatively, there are beginner-friendly package-managers such as Aptitude (curses) and Synaptic (GUI) for users who feel uncomfortable with command-line tools.  Keeping things up to date, searching for available software, and installing it follow the same ideas as above, but with a graphical user interface.
==== Windows ====


== Note ==
==== OSX ====


It's important to keep your Debian software up-to-date as above, but also your [[.dbp|DBP]] Pyra-repository software as well.
==== Linux ====

Revision as of 21:43, 30 March 2016

The Pyra will, as shipped, run Debian, 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

To install software 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, this is a very quick and painless process compared to other OSes.)

Alternatively, there are beginner-friendly package-managers such as Aptitude (curses) and Synaptic (GUI) for users who feel uncomfortable with command-line tools. Keeping things up to date, searching for available software, and installing it follow the same ideas as above, but with a graphical user interface.

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.

TODO: Walk-through from the following OSes...

Windows

OSX

Linux

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