How To Install libhkl-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhkl-dbg on Debian 9. libhkl-dbg is diffractometer computation control library - debug symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhkl-dbg on Debian 9.

What is libhkl-dbg

libhkl-dbg is:

The hkl library is a framework for diffraction computation and diffractometer control, heavily used at the SOLEIL synchrotron. It supports various types of diffractometer geometry: Eulerian 4-circle, Eulerian 6-circle, kappa 4-circle, kappa 6-circle, and z-axis geometry. For each of these it provides several numerically computed modes, such as bisector and constant psi.

This package provides the debug files for hkl.

There are three methods to install libhkl-dbg 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 libhkl-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libhkl-dbg

Install libhkl-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhkl-dbg

Install libhkl-dbg 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 libhkl-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhkl-dbg

How To Uninstall libhkl-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libhkl-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhkl-dbg

Uninstall libhkl-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhkl-dbg

Remove libhkl-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libhkl-dbg

Remove libhkl-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhkl-dbg

Dependencies

libhkl-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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