How To Install python-astroscrappy on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-astroscrappy on Debian 9. python-astroscrappy is Optimized Cosmic Ray Annihilation in Python 2

Introduction

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

What is python-astroscrappy

python-astroscrappy is:

Astro-SCRAPPY is designed to detect cosmic rays in images (numpy arrays), based on Pieter van Dokkum’s L.A.Cosmic algorithm. Parallelization is achieved using OpenMP.

This package contains the Python 2 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-astroscrappy

Install python-astroscrappy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-astroscrappy

Install python-astroscrappy 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-astroscrappy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-astroscrappy

How To Uninstall python-astroscrappy on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-astroscrappy

Uninstall python-astroscrappy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-astroscrappy

Remove python-astroscrappy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-astroscrappy

Remove python-astroscrappy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-astroscrappy

Dependencies

python-astroscrappy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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