How To Install python-gnucap on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-gnucap on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-gnucap is Python 2 bindings for the GNU Circuit Analysis Package

Introduction

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

What is python-gnucap

python-gnucap is:

This package contains Python2 bindings for the GNU Circuit Analysis Package.

Gnucap is a general purpose circuit simulator. It performs nonlinear dc and transient analyses, Fourier analysis, and ac analysis linearized at an operating point. It is fully interactive and command driven. It can also be run in batch mode or as a server.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-gnucap

Install python-gnucap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-gnucap

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-gnucap

How To Uninstall python-gnucap on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-gnucap

Uninstall python-gnucap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gnucap

Remove python-gnucap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-gnucap

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-gnucap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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