How To Install python-astropy-affiliated on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-astropy-affiliated on Debian 9. python-astropy-affiliated is Collection of all astropy affiliated packages (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-astropy-affiliated on Debian 9.

What is python-astropy-affiliated

python-astropy-affiliated is:

A major part of the Astropy project is the concept of ??Affiliated Packages??. An affiliated package is an astronomy-related Python package that is not part of the astropy core package, but has requested to be included as part of the Astropy project??s community. These packages are expressing an interest in Astropy??s goals of improving reuse, interoperability, and interface standards for Python astronomy and astrophysics packages.

This metapackage installs all affiliated packages in their Python 2 version.

There are three methods to install python-astropy-affiliated 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-astropy-affiliated 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-astropy-affiliated using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-astropy-affiliated

Install python-astropy-affiliated Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-astropy-affiliated using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-astropy-affiliated

Install python-astropy-affiliated 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-astropy-affiliated using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-astropy-affiliated

How To Uninstall python-astropy-affiliated on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-astropy-affiliated package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-astropy-affiliated

Uninstall python-astropy-affiliated And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-astropy-affiliated

Remove python-astropy-affiliated Configurations and Data

To remove python-astropy-affiliated configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-astropy-affiliated

Remove python-astropy-affiliated configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-astropy-affiliated configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-astropy-affiliated

Dependencies

python-astropy-affiliated have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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