How To Install python-gdl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gdl
on Debian 9.
What is python-gdl
python-gdl is:
GNU Data Language (GDL) is a free IDL (Interactive Data Language) compatible incremental compiler. It has full syntax compatibility with IDL 7.1. IDL is a registered trademark of ITT Visual Information Solutions. From IDL 8.0, the following language elements are supported:
- FOREACH loop
- negative array indices
- garbage collection pointers and objects
- call methods on an object using “.” (e. g.
object.aMemberProcedure,arg1
)
The file input output system is fully implemented. GUI support (widgets) is officially provided, but it’s not complete yet.
This package contains the Python library/interface.
There are three methods to install python-gdl
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-gdl 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-gdl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gdl
Install python-gdl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gdl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gdl
Install python-gdl 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-gdl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gdl
How To Uninstall python-gdl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-gdl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gdl
Uninstall python-gdl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gdl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gdl
Remove python-gdl Configurations and Data
To remove python-gdl
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gdl
Remove python-gdl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gdl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gdl
Dependencies
python-gdl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gdl
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.