How To Install eso-midas on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install eso-midas on Debian 9. eso-midas is European Southern Observatory Munich Image Data Analysis System

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install eso-midas on Debian 9.

What is eso-midas

eso-midas is:

The ESO-MIDAS system provides general tools for image processing and data reduction with emphasis on astronomical applications including imaging and special reduction packages for ESO instrumentation at La Silla and the VLT at Paranal. In addition it contains applications packages for stellar and surface photometry, image sharpening and decomposition, statistics and various others.

There are three methods to install eso-midas on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install eso-midas Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install eso-midas

Install eso-midas Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install eso-midas

Install eso-midas 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 eso-midas using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install eso-midas

How To Uninstall eso-midas on Debian 9

To uninstall only the eso-midas package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove eso-midas

Uninstall eso-midas And Its Dependencies

To uninstall eso-midas and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eso-midas

Remove eso-midas Configurations and Data

To remove eso-midas configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge eso-midas

Remove eso-midas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eso-midas

Dependencies

eso-midas have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install eso-midas package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.