How To Install python3-emcee on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-emcee on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-emcee is Affine-invariant ensemble MCMC sampling for Python 3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-emcee on Debian 10.

What is python3-emcee

python3-emcee is:

emcee is an extensible, pure-Python implementation of Goodman & Weare’s Affine Invariant Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Ensemble sampler. It’s designed for Bayesian parameter estimation.

This is the Python 3 package.

There are three methods to install python3-emcee 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 python3-emcee Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-emcee using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-emcee

Install python3-emcee Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-emcee using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-emcee

Install python3-emcee 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 python3-emcee using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-emcee

How To Uninstall python3-emcee on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-emcee package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-emcee

Uninstall python3-emcee And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-emcee and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-emcee

Remove python3-emcee Configurations and Data

To remove python3-emcee configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-emcee

Remove python3-emcee configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-emcee configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-emcee

Dependencies

python3-emcee have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-emcee package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.