How To Install python-fisx on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-fisx on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-fisx is Quantitative X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis Support Library - (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fisx on Debian 10.

What is python-fisx

python-fisx is:

This software library implements formulas to calculate, given an experimental setup, the expected x-ray fluorescence intensities. The library accounts for secondary and tertiary excitation, K, L and M shell emission lines and de-excitation cascade effects. The basic implementation is written in C++ and a Python binding is provided.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python-fisx on Debian 10. 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-fisx 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-fisx using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-fisx

Install python-fisx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-fisx

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-fisx

How To Uninstall python-fisx on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-fisx

Uninstall python-fisx And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-fisx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fisx

Remove python-fisx Configurations and Data

To remove python-fisx configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-fisx

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-fisx have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fisx package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.