How To Install python3-fabio on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fabio on Debian 9. python3-fabio is I/O library for images produced by 2D X-ray detector - Python3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fabio on Debian 9.

What is python3-fabio

python3-fabio is:

FabIO is an I/O library for images produced by 2D X-ray detectors and written in Python. FabIO support images detectors from a dozen of companies (including Mar, Dectris, ADSC, Hamamatsu, Oxford, …), for a total of 20 different file formats (like CBF, EDF, TIFF, …) and offers an unified interface to their headers (as a Python dictionary) and datasets (as a numpy ndarray of integers or floats)

This is the Python 3 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python3-fabio 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 python3-fabio 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-fabio using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-fabio

Install python3-fabio Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-fabio

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-fabio

How To Uninstall python3-fabio on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-fabio

Uninstall python3-fabio And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-fabio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-fabio

Remove python3-fabio Configurations and Data

To remove python3-fabio configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-fabio

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-fabio have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fabio package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.