How To Install gpredict on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpredict
on Debian 9.
What is gpredict
gpredict is:
Gpredict is a real time satellite tracking program for GNOME, based on the tracking engine of John Magliacane’s excellent satellite tracker Predict.
Gpredict includes the following features:
- Tracking an infinite number of satellites limited only by the physical memory and processing power of the computer.
- Display the tracking data in lists, maps, polar plots or any combination of these.
- You can have many modules open at the same time, either in a notebook or in their own windows. The module can also run in full-screen mode.
- You can use many ground stations. Ground station coordinates can be entered manually or you can get some approximate values from a list with more than 2000 predefined locations worldwide.
- Predict upcoming passes for satellites, including passes where a satellite may be visible and communication windows open.
- Very detailed information about both the real time data and the predicted passes.
- Gpredict can run in real-time, simulated real-time (fast forward and backward), and manual time control.
- Doppler tuning of radios via Hamlib rigctld.
- Antenna rotator control via Hamlib rotctld.
There are three methods to install gpredict
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 gpredict Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gpredict
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gpredict
Install gpredict Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gpredict
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gpredict
Install gpredict 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 gpredict
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gpredict
How To Uninstall gpredict on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gpredict
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gpredict
Uninstall gpredict And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gpredict
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpredict
Remove gpredict Configurations and Data
To remove gpredict
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gpredict
Remove gpredict configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gpredict
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpredict
Dependencies
gpredict have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcurl3-gnutls
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgoocanvas3
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpredict
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.