How To Install splash on Debian 10

Learn how to install splash on Debian 10 with this tutorial. splash is Visualisation tool for Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics simulation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install splash on Debian 10.

What is splash

splash is:

This (formerly SUPERSPHPLOT) is a visualisation tool for output from (astrophysical) simulations using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method in one, two and three dimensions. It is written in Fortran 90 and can utilise the PGPLOT graphics subroutine library to do the actual plotting. It is based around a command-line menu structure but utilises the interactive capabilities of PGPLOT to manipulate data interactively in the plotting window.

There are three methods to install splash 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 splash Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install splash

Install splash Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install splash using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install splash

Install splash 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 splash using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install splash

How To Uninstall splash on Debian 10

To uninstall only the splash package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove splash

Uninstall splash And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove splash

Remove splash Configurations and Data

To remove splash configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge splash

Remove splash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge splash

Dependencies

splash have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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