How To Install python-pyorbital on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pyorbital on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pyorbital is Orbital and astronomy computations in Python 2

Introduction

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

What is python-pyorbital

python-pyorbital is:

Python package for computing orbital parameters from TLE files, and making diverse astronomical computations.

This package is part of the PyTroll toolset.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pyorbital

Install python-pyorbital Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pyorbital

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pyorbital

How To Uninstall python-pyorbital on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pyorbital

Uninstall python-pyorbital And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyorbital

Remove python-pyorbital Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyorbital

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pyorbital have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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