How To Install freeture on Debian 10

Learn how to install freeture on Debian 10 with this tutorial. freeture is Free software to capTure meteors

Introduction

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

What is freeture

freeture is:

This meteor detection software is aimed to monitor the sky with GigE all-sky cameras to detect and record falling stars and fireball. It was originally developed for the FRIPON (Fireball Recovery and InterPlanetary Observation Network) project.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install freeture

Install freeture Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freeture

Install freeture 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 freeture using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freeture

How To Uninstall freeture on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove freeture

Uninstall freeture And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeture

Remove freeture Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge freeture

Remove freeture configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeture

Dependencies

freeture have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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