How To Install indi-beefocus on Debian 12

Learn how to install indi-beefocus on Debian 12 with this tutorial. indi-beefocus is INDI driver for Bee Focus

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install indi-beefocus on Debian 12.

What is indi-beefocus

indi-beefocus is:

This package contains an INDI driver for an open source hardware/software telescope focuser. The driver interacts with a Bee Focuser using TCP/IP.

This driver is compatible with any INDI client such as KStars or Xephem.

There are three methods to install indi-beefocus on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install indi-beefocus Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install indi-beefocus

Install indi-beefocus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install indi-beefocus

Install indi-beefocus 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 indi-beefocus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install indi-beefocus

How To Uninstall indi-beefocus on Debian 12

To uninstall only the indi-beefocus package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove indi-beefocus

Uninstall indi-beefocus And Its Dependencies

To uninstall indi-beefocus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove indi-beefocus

Remove indi-beefocus Configurations and Data

To remove indi-beefocus configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge indi-beefocus

Remove indi-beefocus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indi-beefocus

Dependencies

indi-beefocus have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install indi-beefocus package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.