How To Install maitreya on Debian 10

Learn how to install maitreya on Debian 10 with this tutorial. maitreya is Software for Vedic and western astrology

Introduction

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

What is maitreya

maitreya is:

Free software for western and Vedic astrology (Jyotish). Supports classical Vedic astrology, KP system and parts of Jaimini system. Western part includes Uranian astrology. Platforms: Win32, Linux and UNIX.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install maitreya

Install maitreya Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install maitreya

Install maitreya 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 maitreya using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install maitreya

How To Uninstall maitreya on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove maitreya

Uninstall maitreya And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove maitreya

Remove maitreya Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge maitreya

Remove maitreya configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maitreya

Dependencies

maitreya have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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