How To Install python-asdf on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-asdf
on Debian 9.
What is python-asdf
python-asdf is:
ASDF (Advanced Scientific Data Format) is a proposed next generation interchange format for scientific data. ASDF aims to exist in the same middle ground that made FITS so successful, by being a hybrid text and binary format: containing human editable metadata for interchange, and raw binary data that is fast to load and use. Unlike FITS, the metadata is highly structured and is designed up-front for extensibility.
This is the Python 2 package.
There are three methods to install python-asdf
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 python-asdf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-asdf
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-asdf
Install python-asdf Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-asdf
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-asdf
Install python-asdf 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 python-asdf
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-asdf
How To Uninstall python-asdf on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-asdf
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-asdf
Uninstall python-asdf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-asdf
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-asdf
Remove python-asdf Configurations and Data
To remove python-asdf
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-asdf
Remove python-asdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-asdf
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-asdf
Dependencies
python-asdf have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-asdf
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.